Hydro Junkie

P51 B/C, faster than the P-51, P-51A or A-36 due to the installation of the 1650 Packard Merlin instead of the 1710 Allison. One bit of side trivia, the Mustang D, H and K were all slower than the B/C due to the loss of streamlining associated with the installation of the bubble canopy

JohnnyS

All good guesses, but not what I'm looking for...

1. It was based on its predecessor aircraft, but was faster due to reduced drag from a major design change.
2. Single engine, 6 cylinder.

JohnnyS

1. It was based on its predecessor aircraft, but was faster due to reduced drag from a major design change.
2. Single engine, 6 cylinder.
3. Inverted tailfin.

JohnnyS

1. It was based on its predecessor aircraft, but was faster due to reduced drag from a major design change.
2. Single engine, 6 cylinder.
3. Inverted tailfin.
4. There are no modern military aircraft in service of this specific type and purpose.

elmshoot

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[h=1]Junkers J.I[/h]

JohnnyS

Not the J.1

1. It was based on its predecessor aircraft, but was faster due to reduced drag from a major design change.
2. Single engine, 6 cylinder.
3. Inverted tailfin.
4. There are no modern military aircraft in service of this specific type and purpose.
5. Operated by either 8 or 7 different nations, depending on how you count them.

Ernie P.

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I'm pretty sure I have this one figured out, but I've been up a lot lately. I'll give it a bit longer before I speak up. Thanks; Ernie P.

JohnnyS

1. It was based on its predecessor aircraft, but was faster due to reduced drag from a major design change.
2. Single engine, 6 cylinder.
3. Inverted tailfin.
4. There are no modern military aircraft in service of this specific type and purpose.
5. Operated by either 8 or 7 different nations, depending on how you count them.
6. Crew of 2.
7. Monoplane.

JohnnyS

1. It was based on its predecessor aircraft, but was faster due to reduced drag from a major design change.
2. Single engine, 6 cylinder.
3. Inverted tailfin.
4. There are no modern military aircraft in service of this specific type and purpose.
5. Operated by either 8 or 7 different nations, depending on how you count them.
6. Crew of 2.
7. Monoplane.
8. It was a fighter aircraft.
9. For armament, it had the following:
1 or 2 Χ fixed, forward-firing 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 machine guns
1 Χ flexible 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG14 in rear cockpit

JohnnyS

NO guesses yet? Come on guys: Ernie P. has already figured it out!

1. It was based on its predecessor aircraft, but was faster due to reduced drag from a major design change.
2. Single engine, 6 cylinder.
3. Inverted tailfin.
4. There are no modern military aircraft in service of this specific type and purpose.
5. Operated by either 8 or 7 different nations, depending on how you count them.
6. Crew of 2.
7. Monoplane.
8. It was a fighter aircraft.
9. For armament, it had the following:
1 or 2 Χ fixed, forward-firing 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 machine guns
1 Χ flexible 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG14 in rear cockpit
10. The engine had 150 horsepower.

RCKen

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I think I have it, but as I have no quiz ready to go at the moment I'm going to hold off with my answer for the moment. If I can work up a quiz then I'll answer. But I just don't want to get caught short like I did last time without a quiz after I answered correctly.

Ken

JohnnyS

1. It was based on its predecessor aircraft, but was faster due to reduced drag from a major design change.
2. Single engine, 6 cylinder.
3. Inverted tailfin.
4. There are no modern military aircraft in service of this specific type and purpose.
5. Operated by either 8 or 7 different nations, depending on how you count them.
6. Crew of 2.
7. Monoplane.
8. It was a fighter aircraft.
9. For armament, it had the following:
1 or 2 Χ fixed, forward-firing 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 machine guns
1 Χ flexible 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG14 in rear cockpit
10. The engine had 150 horsepower.
11. Floatplane.

Evenbigger D

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Hansa-Brandenburg W.29

MJD

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If you cut and paste "1 Χ flexible 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG14 in rear cockpit" - the W.29 pops right up on Wiki.

Ernie P.

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I thought clues 1 -5 pretty much nailed it down; particularly clues 3 and 4. But it's up to JohnnyS; he'll let us know. But, there's a reason I try to avoid using canned or copied phrases in the clues I provide when asking questions. I may be wrong, but I believe the inverted tailfin was intended to reduce the aircraft's profile, to allow storage in smaller sheds or hangers. Thanks; Ernie P.


The Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 was a German monoplane fighter floatplane which served in the closing months of World War I, from bases on the North Sea coast.
It was based on the W.12 biplane that it was designed to replace. The monoplane configuration created less drag, and thus gave greater speed.
[h=2]Operators[/h] Austria-Hungary

• Austria-Hungary placed an order for 25 W.29s, powered by 185 hp (138 kW) Austro-Daimler engines, to be built under license by Ufag at Budapest. One completed by the end of World War I.

Denmark

• Royal Danish Navy - purchased one W.29 from Germany in 1919, building a further 15 powered by the 150 hp Benz or 160 hp (120 kW) Orlogsvζrftet O-V six-cylinder inline engine under license at the Orlogsvζrftet (Danish Royal Naval Dockyard) as the HM.1 from 1921 to 1927, the type remaining in service until 1930, being replaced by the Heinkel HE 8.

Finland

• Finnish Air Force

German Empire

• Kaiserliche Marine

Hungary

• Hungarian Soviet Republic ordered production of the W.29 at Ufag to restart. At least two were completed, which together with the single W.29 completed for Austria-Hungary, were operated by the 9th Floatplane Squadron operating from Cspel near Budapest.

Japan

• Imperial Japanese Navy - Used as Hanza-shiki suijō teisatsuki(ハンザ式水上偵察機, Type Hansa Surveillance Floatplane) and manufactured by Nakajima Aircraft Company and Aichi Kokuki.

Netherlands

• Royal Netherlands Navy

Norway

• Norwegian Army received two ex-German W.29s in 1920, using them for support of coastal artillery. The two W.29s, designated Mεke I, were transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1928, along with the army's W.33s and the Coastal Artillery arm.
• A/S Aero

[h=2]Specifications (W.29)[/h]Data from Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft
General characteristics

• Crew: Two (pilot & observer/gunner)
• Length: 9.38 m (30 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 13.50 m (44 ft 4 in)
• Height: 3.00 m (9 ft 11 in)
• Wing area: 32.2 m² (348 ft²)
• Empty weight: 1,000 kg (2,200 lb)
• Loaded weight: 1,494 kg (3,285 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 Χ Benz Bz.III 6-cylinder water-cooled inline engine, 112 kW (150 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 175 km/h (95 kn, 109 mph)
• Range: 520 km (281 nmi, 320 mi)
• Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
• Endurance: 4 hrs
• Climb to 1,000 m (3,280 ft): 6 min

Armament

• 1 or 2 Χ fixed, forward-firing 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 machine guns
• 1 Χ flexible 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG14 in rear cockpit

Hydro Junkie

I was thinking like a few others, had several in the past couple of months, time to take a break. I figured it was German since nothing the western forces had, that I know of anyway, had an inverted vertical tail

JohnnyS

And we have a WINNER!!!!

Take it away, Evenbigger D!

Notes:
1. The inverted tail was intended to give the rear gunner an excellent field of fire: The gunner could traverse the gun while firing to the rear and not worry about shooting the rudder off. Handy in a dogfight!
2. The problem back then was that wings were very thin, so that it was hard to make a monoplane rigid enough. The W.29 had a very strong undercarriage to support the floats, so the remaining wing was braced against that undercarriage when the upper wing was removed. This allowed for a strong wing structure for a safe airframe but with much lower drag than the preceding W.12 biplane version. That was a very clever trick to make a better aircraft, and it was quite successful from the references I pulled up.

Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wingnut Wings - 1/32 Hansa-Brandenburg W.29

Evenbigger D

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This plane had two significant "firsts", what was the plane and what were the two "firsts"?

Hydro Junkie

Dehavland Comet:
First pressurized airliner
First jet powered airliner

Evenbigger D

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Good guess but not what I was after.

This plane had two significant "firsts", what was the plane and what were the two "firsts"?
Six cylinder engine

Evenbigger D

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This plane had two significant "firsts", what was the plane and what were the two "firsts"?
Six cylinder engine
Only one built destroyed by the RAF early in WW2

Evenbigger D

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This plane had two significant "firsts", what was the plane and what were the two "firsts"?
Six cylinder engine
Only one built destroyed by the RAF early in WW2
Essentially an experimental or pioneer aircraft

Evenbigger D

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This plane had two significant "firsts", what was the plane and what were the two "firsts"?
Six cylinder engine
Only one built destroyed by the RAF early in WW2
Essentially an experimental or pioneer aircraft
2 seater, 81mph

Evenbigger D

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This plane had two significant "firsts", what was the plane and what were the two "firsts"?
Six cylinder engine
Only one built destroyed by the RAF early in WW2
Essentially an experimental or pioneer aircraft
2 seater, 81mph
Wing construction technique was later used in B17

Evenbigger D

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This plane had two significant "firsts", what was the plane and what were the two "firsts"?
Six cylinder engine
Only one built destroyed by the RAF early in WW2
Essentially an experimental or pioneer aircraft
2 seater, 81mph
Wing construction technique was later used in B17s
"early in WW2" is a very misleading twist