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Offline Dr Zhivago

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« on: April 20, 2002, 05:47:56 AM »
???

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« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2002, 08:53:13 AM »
hmm strange.. at first glance i thought it was a glider...but is that a shell next to the seat..it might be there by acident.. but then if you look at the seat position it at a funny angle, which got me thinking things are not all they seem to be.. is it the actual pilots seat of some other crew members position?

this will need more ponderings...may be a clue?:)

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« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2002, 09:01:38 AM »
ok here go's...
my best guess is FW189 :)

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« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2002, 09:44:55 AM »
234?

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« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2002, 10:14:30 AM »
Looks like it's Heinkel He-177 Greif's cockpit.

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« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2002, 10:17:31 AM »
iTS ugly:p

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« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2002, 12:37:13 PM »
what do the fins on the spinners do??

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« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2002, 04:45:53 AM »
Mash potatoes, or maybe extract lemon juice.

Little known facts of WW2 history: The 189 was actually relegated to kitchen duty after it was realised she was a sitting duck for every enemy with any kind of gun in his hands (although, admittedly, a very beautiful duck)

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« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2002, 08:03:43 AM »
A "Greif" with the big gun under its nose? Was it BK 50 or sumthin'?

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« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2002, 03:09:06 PM »
So what is it?!?!?!

Yeah, and what do those spinny things do?
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« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2002, 12:32:08 AM »
Prop regulation for pitch?

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« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2002, 08:22:36 AM »
As to the spinny things, my guess is that they are vortex generators of some sort, to improve the airflow around the engine nacelles.... kinda like what heavy jets use today forward of the control surfaces.

I'm gonna guess that the cockpit is in a Gigant.

Tell us, Doctor!
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Same cockpit but bigger image...
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2002, 08:55:55 AM »
:p

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« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2002, 10:20:14 AM »
Hmmm... rudder pedals look like FW-190 pedals...
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« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2002, 12:55:02 PM »
Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache
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