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Offline Furball

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« Reply #15 on: April 01, 2004, 02:27:13 PM »
hey! thats a cool looking plane!

still wrong tho :D
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« Reply #16 on: April 01, 2004, 02:39:41 PM »
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« Reply #17 on: April 01, 2004, 02:43:14 PM »
One of the Swiss EKW 3601-05 series?

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« Reply #18 on: April 01, 2004, 02:55:35 PM »
listed as Dornier C36 at the website i got the pic from charon, same plane tho :)

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« Reply #19 on: April 01, 2004, 03:05:05 PM »
Now why did I think this was a WWII aircraft thread?
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« Reply #20 on: April 01, 2004, 03:07:30 PM »
it is wwii era.

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The design of this Swiss aircraft goes back to 1939 when the prototype two seater EKW C-3601 first flew. Fitted with twin fins, the aircraft was powered by a 1000 hp Hispano-Suiza HS-51 12Y piston engine, and was designed for multi purpose roles - including that of fighter, ground attack and light bomber. This prototype was destroyed after only a few flights, but had shown sufficient promise for further development.

The all metal design was put into production by the Federal Eidg. KonstruktionsWerkstatte (EKW) aircraft factory at Thun as the C-3603, and was one of the first home designs put into large scale production for the Air Force. The aircraft was fitted with two machine guns in the wings, plus a rearward facing one operated by hand by the second crew member/observer. Over 150 were delivered to the Swiss Air Force from 1942, being used to patrol Switzerland's neutral air space (along with Swiss Messerschmitt 109's), with six squadrons being equipped during World War Two, the C-3603's served until 1952 when they were replaced by DH Vampire jet fighters. In the late 1940's twenty were converted as target tugs, plus a further twenty in the early 1950's, remaining in this secondary role for a further fifteen years. The aircraft were now beginning to show their age, and the Swiss Air Force sought a replacement. Instead of a new type, a C-3603 was re-engined by FlugzeugWerk (F + W) at Emmen with a 1,100 hp Lycoming T53-L turbo-prop, housed in an extended nose. This necessitated the addition of a third tail fin, as well as other minor modifications. Trials with the prototype during August 1968 were satisfactory, and a further twenty three conversions were undertaken by F + W between 1969 and 1973 - the type now becoming the C-3605 Schlepp [Basic translation = Tug]. Although not as fast as the C-3603, this did not matter in its new role. The Schlepp continued to serve the Air Force as a target tug until fatigue problems began to show up in the mid 1980's, resulting in the types withdrawal from military service in the summer of 1987. Most were then sold off at auction at Lodrino in December 1987.


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« Reply #21 on: April 01, 2004, 03:40:31 PM »
Gawd dats smurfy.  Noticed I used a capital "F".
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« Reply #22 on: April 01, 2004, 04:21:28 PM »
Nothing a little nose-job couldn't fix  :)


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« Reply #23 on: April 01, 2004, 04:29:21 PM »
That is a freakish looking plane after the conversion.

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« Reply #24 on: April 01, 2004, 05:18:34 PM »
the tails porked too.  heres my (half arsed) attempt at fixing it.



I know some of u may be shocked - but i am not a professional graphics artist.
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« Reply #25 on: April 01, 2004, 09:44:37 PM »
That is interesting, Furball.  Expands our horizon of WWII knowledge (seriously, not tongue in cheek).
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« Reply #26 on: April 01, 2004, 09:58:15 PM »
beautiful plane.. stop whiddling it into a Piper Cub.

Thnx Furball.
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« Reply #27 on: April 02, 2004, 12:41:53 AM »
looks like attack version of Bf-108 Taifun, or mebbe a Ju-87 with anorexia. :)

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« Reply #28 on: April 02, 2004, 01:18:05 AM »
I knew the type from some old books, but these are great pics.

Ugly in a very elegant sort of way.

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« Reply #29 on: April 02, 2004, 04:15:58 AM »
yup, its for sale too.  http://www.yakuk.com
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