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Old 12-18-2006, 10:29 PM
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Default RE: Cri Cri Worlds smallest twin

There is, or at least was, a fullscale example in the Omniplex-Kirkpatrick Planetarium museum complex next to the zoo in Oklahoma City, OK. They have quite a nice collection of aircraft, engines and models. They have a Fokker triplane and a Nieuport 11 (I think) and a Curtiss Pusher along with more modern aircraft. The CriCri is a very small aircraft. Big ol' Boys need not apply. Some of the 30% scale aerobatic guys are running bigger props than this thing has. The fuselage looks like a very shallow aluminium bathtub. Most of the pilots body is underneath a relatively huge canopy. There is a small gas tank between the pilots knees. One could probably build a 99.99% scale model without too much difficulty. How many scale points is it worth if one uses the same engine as the original in the model? . I even seem to remember seeing in some avaiation magazine a full size example that was powered by four hobby sized turbine engines. With the engines just ahead of the cockpit the noise must have been incredible!