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That was too easy...

Postby beaky » Sat Mar 12, 2005 5:44 pm

Let's see if Felix can get this one...
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Re: That was too easy...

Postby Felix/FFDS » Sat Mar 12, 2005 8:21 pm

We're talking flying aeroplanes, not CONTRAPTIONS!
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Re: That was too easy...

Postby Saratoga » Sat Mar 12, 2005 9:27 pm

Bet that one didn't fly. ;D
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Re: That was too easy...

Postby beaky » Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:56 pm

Okay, okay... fair enough; airplanes only.
But I just have to present pictures of things like that French  Aeraptere of 1910, for the sheer entertainment value! It  used a bag-like contraption to produce lift. The aerodynamics of it must have been like a box-airfoil canopy or something like that. No idea if it ever actually became airborne, and I'd bet that rudder didn't help much with the probable pendulum action. It probably flew just high and fast enough to hurl its occupants through a first-floor window.
Hmmm... what next?
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Re: That was too easy...

Postby Saratoga » Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:00 am

One of those things I wouldn't volunteer for.

'less there was a parachute, then it would be a kickass ride!
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Re: That was too easy...

Postby Jared » Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:49 am

Hey! A flying mailbox!!! :-)
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Re: That was too easy...

Postby Saratoga » Sun Mar 20, 2005 12:33 pm

Hey! A flying mailbox!!! :-)


Eh, somethign to that effect! ;)
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Re: That was too easy...

Postby beaky » Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:42 pm

Still puzzling over this one, eh? Why not just right-click on it...? ;D
Anyway, it's the Domingo "Aeraptere" of 1910. That structure is technically a wing- probably worked like a  modern parafoil.
If it worked at all, which is very unlikely.
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Re: That was too easy...

Postby Saratoga » Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:20 pm

Ya, if it worked as you said. Not a bad idea though, just not a successful one.
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Re: That was too easy...

Postby chomp_rock » Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:59 am

I can't believe nobody got that one, the name of the aircraft was in the file name ::)
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Re: That was too easy...

Postby Felix/FFDS » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:08 am

I can't believe nobody got that one, the name of the aircraft was in the file name ::)



LOL - most posters of the "quizzes" wised up quickly to that that easiest way now to hide the name of a "quiz" plane is to put it right there in the open!
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Re: That was too easy...

Postby beaky » Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:38 pm

But who has the last laugh, eh? Without that cheat, you guys won't even touch my latest one. Gotta admit, though, I sure as hell couldn't guess it either.
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Re: That was too easy...

Postby Felix/FFDS » Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:47 pm

RottyDaddy - I find that even with the "cheat" your posts are entertaining and even better, educational!  Sure we all know that there have been incredible inventions/ contraptions, etc., but finding these are special windows into the minds of people!
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Re: That was too easy...

Postby GunnerMan » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:34 pm

I can see it now wind or turbulance comes along and those guys are gonna get rocked like thier on a swing.
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Re: That was too easy...

Postby Saratoga » Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:06 pm

Ya not the most stable bird in the air. Well it might have been at that time....
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