The Secret Projects Quiz Game

[F-14D]

Curtis XP-42

 

[Steve Pace]

Curtiss XP-42 is correct. Way to go F-14D! -SP

 

[Abraham Gubler]

This will hopefully slow you guys down:

 

[circle-5]

Landing Gear.

 

[c460]

Is it Australian ?

 

[Abraham Gubler]

Is it Australian ?

Even worse...

 

[c460]

New Zealand then ??
Waitomo (ex-Bennett) PL-11 Airtruk ZK-CKE ?

 

[c460]

What about this one?
(Just one thing was cropped, but it's a quite important one.)

 

[Abraham Gubler]

New Zealand then ??

Hint was taken…

Waitomo (ex-Bennett) PL-11 Airtruk ZK-CKE ?

That’s right, though it was called the Airtruck in its original Kiwi form. Though designed by Italian immigrant to Australia Luigi Pellarini (who chose to migrate to Australia because he thought such a large country would need what he always wanted to build: a flying car) and later evolved and built in Australia as the PL-12 Airtruk (no ‘c’ in the name). The aircraft that garnered great fame in the Mad Max movie but should have been better known as the safest crop duster in the world. The later because of its unique design in having the tail below the pilot’s head level so significantly reducing the chance of wire strikes.

 

[redstar72]

What about this one?
(Just one thing was cropped, but it's a quite important one.)

Kawanishi K-2 racer?

 

[c460]

Kawanishi K-2 racer?

Yes! More pictures here:
http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/SMF/index.php?topic=808.0
The part that was cropped is the radiator, strangely placed above the engine cowling.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Here's a quick one for ye:

 

[Stargazer]

Ha! That's a Continental RPV RPVT Su-25 scale target used by the U.S. Army.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Drats! ;D

To be more precise, the Su-25 representative variant of the MQM-143 RPVT.

 

[Stargazer]

Exactly. Thanks for adding that precision.

Here is another one for the few who are not away on holiday and stuck at home because of the heat wave!

 

[c460]

Arsenal CT.10 ?
Attached is a drawing by BrunoLC, a larger version of which is published at Wikipedia:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Engin_cible_ARSAERO_CT_10.jpg

Some pictures in this page too:
http://www.pyperpote.tonsite.biz/listinmae/index.php?view=article&id=199

 

[c460]

Let's see if this one will last more than 24 hours.

 

[Stargazer]

Arsenal CT.10 ?

Well tried, and a sure lookalike, but no, it's NOT a CT.10...

 

[c460]

Well tried, and a sure lookalike, but no, it's NOT a CT.10...

Oops, I don't even see a difference.
Arsenal 5501 ? (but I thought it was the same as CT.10)

 

[Stargazer]

Oops, I don't even see a difference.
Arsenal 5501 ? (but I thought it was the same as CT.10)

Nope. Wrong country...

Meanwhile, the picture you shared above has something French about it. Perhaps a Boisavia type?

 

[c460]

No, not French.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

New Zealand then ??

Hint was taken…

Waitomo (ex-Bennett) PL-11 Airtruk ZK-CKE ?

That’s right, though it was called the Airtruck in its original Kiwi form. Though designed by Italian immigrant to Australia Luigi Pellarini (who chose to migrate to Australia because he thought such a large country would need what he always wanted to build: a flying car) and later evolved and built in Australia as the PL-12 Airtruk (no ‘c’ in the name). The aircraft that garnered great fame in the Mad Max movie but should have been better known as the safest crop duster in the world. The later because of its unique design in having the tail below the pilot’s head level so significantly reducing the chance of wire strikes.

There's at MOTAT here in Auckland. Ugly as hell.

 

[billybob]

I always liked the look of the airtruk, no concern for aesthetics! I always make a point at looking at it M.O.T.A.T .

 

[c460]

For #54: is it Soviet ?

 

[Stargazer]

For #54: is it Soviet ?

No, not Soviet... :

 

[c460]

No, not Soviet... :

Among V-1 lookalikes, the US-made Globe KD5G target drone has some similarity with the picture you posted:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisstreckfus/3021742272/
But some details do not fit well, notably the wing chord and the rear engine strut.

 

[Stargazer]

No, not Soviet... :

Among V-1 lookalikes, the US-made Globe KD5G target drone has some similarity with the picture you posted:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisstreckfus/3021742272/
But some details do not fit well, notably the wing chord and the rear engine strut.

Ha! Should I accept your answer? Probably not. But I will... It's NOT a KD5G but you're close.

The KD2G Firefly was a pulsejet-powered mid-wing, all metal target directly derived from the V-1. This picture shows the KD2G-2, which was powered by a Solar PJ32 8" pulsejet.

The KD5G you suggested was high-wing... and was powered by single Marquardt PJ46 pulsejet... But since it was initially proposed as "KD2G-3" I can accept your answer on the grounds that it WAS, in a way, a KD2G... (I'm MUCH too leniant, I know!).


Short recap of Firefly versions:

• XKD2G-1: with McDonnell 8" pulsejet and twin vertical tails.
• KD2G-1: production version with a 28V electrical system.
• KD2G-2: similar to KD2G-1 but powered by a Solar PJ32 8" pulsejet.
• (X)KD5G-1: high-wing with twin vertical tails, powered by single Marquardt PJ46 pulsejet; initially proposed as "KD2G-3".
• KD6G-1: based on KD2G-2 but powered with a McCullough O-100-1 piston engine.
• KD6G-2: similar to KD6G-1 but with a Kiekhaefer (X)V-105-2 engine; redesignated as (X)MQM-40A.

Other Globe-Temco targets included:

• KDG-1 SNIPE: mid-wing target powered by a McCulloch 4300 piston engine
• KDG-2 SNIPE: variant of KDG-1 with a different electrical system
• KD3G-1 SNIPE: similar to KDG-1 but with 26 kW (35 hp) Kiekhaefer O-45-35 piston engine
• KD3G-2 SNIPE: similar to KD3G-1 with an AN/ARW-26Y radio control receiver for 28V electrical system

• KD4G-1 QUAIL: high-wing target for KD-200 (200-knot target) competition powered by a 26 kW (35 hp) Kiekhaefer O-45-35 piston engine

 

[c460]

I can accept your answer on the grounds that it WAS, in a way, a KD2G... (I'm MUCH too leniant, I know!)

;D
It's the first time I hear about those UAVs, I didn't imagine there were so many different drones made at the time.

 

[Grey Havoc]

This one should be easy enough:

 

[CliffyB]

Artists' Concept painting of the USN's cancelled Sea Lance program!

 

[Grey Havoc]

Correct! Sub-launched version in this case (UUM-125).

 

[CliffyB]

Continuing the Navy Theme, try this!



Probably easy as well but who knows

 

[F-14D]

A design for a NATO Patrol Frigate?

 

[CliffyB]

Partially correct; its not a NATO specific design.

 

[TomS]

That's the original PF-109 design that grew into the USN's FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry. It had only a single LAMPS helo, instead of the two that were later adopted (which in turn expanded the hangar, pushed the flight deck back to the transom, and caused the exhaust stacks to be trunked together, creating that distinctive OHP superstructure/parking garage). The 35mm twin gun was expected to do double-duty as a CIWS and a "boat bashing" patrol gun.

 

[CliffyB]

Ding, ding, ding! You're turn Tom.

 

[Grey Havoc]

While we're waiting, try this one (not exactly a secret project, but...[Evil Grin]):

 

[Bill Walker]

Can I revive this interesting thread? The type of airplane in the foreground is probably easy, but exactly which one is it? For bonus points, what's in the background? Picture was slightly retouched and cropped to remove some clues.

 

[c460]

Hello,
I would say that there is a DHC-7 on the foreground, and a Mystère 20 and a Convairliner (or Canadair Cosmopolitan) on the background. However I failed to find exactly what are those colours and where the picture was taken.

 

[Bill Walker]

Hello,
I would say that there is a DHC-7 on the foreground, and a Mystère 20 and a Convairliner (or Canadair Cosmopolitan) on the background. However I failed to find exactly what are those colours and where the picture was taken.

Close, but no cigar. Not a DHC-7. The Mystere 20 goes by another name where the picture was taken. One of your two guesses for the biggie in the background is correct.