Hydro Junkie

Not the Saab Gripen. Time for a bonus clue, what the heck, let's make it two:
Looking for an aircraft:
1) This plane used a unique method of construction
2) The country that designed and built this plane normally imported it's aircraft
3) This plane was a single seater
4) This plane used an engine manufactured in one of the countries that normally supplied aircraft to it's country
5) This plane had a comparable top speed to a plane designed and built around the same engine, in the country the engine was manufactured in
Good Luck

Ernie P.

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Well, drat! Hmmm..... Thanks; Ernie P.

Hydro Junkie

Now wait, I got a "drat" out of Ernie, "The Great Confuser"? This could mean I have a good one Heh Heh Heh

Hydro Junkie

So, no guesses since Ernie's Saab? Guess it's time for another clue, or two:
Looking for an aircraft:
1) This plane used a unique method of construction
2) The country that designed and built this plane normally imported it's aircraft
3) This plane was a single seater
4) This plane used an engine manufactured in one of the countries that normally supplied aircraft to it's country
5) This plane had a comparable top speed to a plane designed and built around the same engine, in the country the engine was manufactured in
6) This plane was very similar to a plane built in another country as it's design was highly influenced by that foreign built aircraft
7) This plane's armament was all carried externally, unlike other contemporary aircraft
Good Luck

Hydro Junkie

No guesses? Time for a few more clues:
Looking for an aircraft:
1) This plane used a unique method of construction
2) The country that designed and built this plane normally imported it's aircraft
3) This plane was a single seater
4) This plane used an engine manufactured in one of the countries that normally supplied aircraft to it's country
5) This plane had a comparable top speed to a plane designed and built around the same engine, in the country the engine was manufactured in
6) This plane was very similar to a plane built in another country as it's design was highly influenced by that foreign built aircraft
7) This plane's armament was all carried externally, unlike other contemporary aircraft
8) This planes armament packed more punch than any of its contemporaries designed armaments, though some did match it through modifications after being deployed
9) This plane was cancelled after 5 were built when more advance planes with superior performance became available through other sources
Good Luck

elmshoot

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Kifir

Hydro Junkie

Nope, not the Kifir, though it would seem to fit many of the clues.
Time for a bonus clue:
Looking for an aircraft:
1) This plane used a unique method of construction
2) The country that designed and built this plane normally imported it's aircraft
3) This plane was a single seater
4) This plane used an engine manufactured in one of the countries that normally supplied aircraft to it's country
5) This plane had a comparable top speed to a plane designed and built around the same engine, in the country the engine was manufactured in
6) This plane was very similar to a plane built in another country as it's design was highly influenced by that foreign built aircraft
7) This plane's armament was all carried externally, unlike other contemporary aircraft
8) This planes armament packed more punch than any of its contemporaries designed armaments, though some did match it through modifications after being deployed
9) This plane was cancelled after 5 were built when more advance planes with superior performance became available through other sources
10) This plane had something in common with two other famous aircraft built on another continent
Good Luck

CF105

Hydro Junkie

The Arrow was also built around a Canadian made engine that was never installed due to developmental problems. The subject plane was designed and built around the engine that was used.
Anyway, let's throw another clue out there for you all to ponder over.
Looking for an aircraft:
1) This plane used a unique method of construction
2) The country that designed and built this plane normally imported it's aircraft
3) This plane was a single seater
4) This plane used an engine manufactured in one of the countries that normally supplied aircraft to it's country
5) This plane had a comparable top speed to a plane designed and built around the same engine, in the country the engine was manufactured in
6) This plane was very similar to a plane built in another country as it's design was highly influenced by that foreign built aircraft
7) This plane's armament was all carried externally, unlike other contemporary aircraft
8) This planes armament packed more punch than any of its contemporaries designed armaments, though some did match it through modifications after being deployed
9) This plane was cancelled after 5 were built when more advance planes with superior performance became available through other sources
10) This plane had something in common with two other famous aircraft built on another continent
11) This plane was a low winged aircraft of conventional design for the time period
Good Luck

Hydro Junkie

Almost 8 hours and no new guesses. Time for another clue, or..............................
Looking for an aircraft:
1) This plane used a unique method of construction
2) The country that designed and built this plane normally imported it's aircraft
3) This plane was a single seater
4) This plane used an engine manufactured in one of the countries that normally supplied aircraft to it's country
5) This plane had a comparable top speed to a plane designed and built around the same engine, in the country the engine was manufactured in
6) This plane was very similar to a plane built in another country as it's design was highly influenced by that foreign built aircraft
7) This plane's armament was all carried externally, unlike other contemporary aircraft
8) This planes armament packed more punch than any of its contemporaries designed armaments, though some did match it through modifications after being deployed
9) This plane was cancelled after 5 were built when more advance planes with superior performance became available through other sources
10) This plane had something in common with two other famous aircraft built on another continent
11) This plane was a low winged aircraft of conventional design for the time period
12) The four other aircraft referred to in this quiz all flew in combat and had good to exceptional combat records
13) Of the other four aircraft, two of them used radial engines manufactured by different companies while the other two used liquid cooled engines from the same company
Good Luck

Hydro Junkie

Over 24 hours an no guesses? Sounds like I need to start narrowing things down a bit.
Looking for an aircraft:
1) This plane used a unique method of construction
2) The country that designed and built this plane normally imported it's aircraft
3) This plane was a single seater
4) This plane used an engine manufactured in one of the countries that normally supplied aircraft to it's country
5) This plane had a comparable top speed to a plane designed and built around the same engine, in the country the engine was manufactured in
6) This plane was very similar to a plane built in another country as it's design was highly influenced by that foreign built aircraft
7) This plane's armament was all carried externally, unlike other contemporary aircraft
8) This planes armament packed more punch than any of its contemporaries designed armaments, though some did match it through modifications after being deployed
9) This plane was cancelled after 5 were built when more advance planes with superior performance became available through other sources
10) This plane had something in common with two other famous aircraft built on another continent
11) This plane was a low winged aircraft of conventional design for the time period
12) The four other aircraft referred to in this quiz all flew in combat and had good to exceptional combat records
13) Of the other four aircraft, two of them used radial engines manufactured by different companies while the other two used liquid cooled engines from the same company
14) The liquid cooled engine powered several famous "classic" aircraft. A majority of these were built under license to power one specific aircraft
15) The subject aircraft used a single, radial engine
Good Luck

Javier-RCU

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From where this nose came?

Ernie P.

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Javier; one question at a time. If you answer the current question, you'll get to answer the next question; and it looks as though you might have a good one. But first, one of us has to answer Hydro Junkie's question. Thanks; Ernie P.

Ernie P.

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Help me out here, Hydro Junkie. How do we go from the Avro Arrow, a jet plane, to a plane powered by a radial engine? This question is starting to annoy me. Congratulations; and well done! Thanks; Ernie P.

Hydro Junkie

Ernie, I'm not sure how CF105 got the Avro Arrow. It did fit some of the clues, up the that point, but not all of them. Then again, it was early in the quiz so anything is possible, like me getting a subject that is getting on your nerves. I don't think anyone has done that before though I could be wrong. Anyway, back to the quiz:
Looking for an aircraft:
1) This plane used a unique method of construction
2) The country that designed and built this plane normally imported it's aircraft
3) This plane was a single seater
4) This plane used an engine manufactured in one of the countries that normally supplied aircraft to it's country
5) This plane had a comparable top speed to a plane designed and built around the same engine, in the country the engine was manufactured in
6) This plane was very similar to a plane built in another country as it's design was highly influenced by that foreign built aircraft
7) This plane's armament was all carried externally, unlike other contemporary aircraft
8) This planes armament packed more punch than any of its contemporaries designed armaments, though some did match it through modifications after being deployed
9) This plane was cancelled after 5 were built when more advance planes with superior performance became available through other sources
10) This plane had something in common with two other famous aircraft built on another continent
11) This plane was a low winged aircraft of conventional design for the time period
12) The four other aircraft referred to in this quiz all flew in combat and had good to exceptional combat records
13) Of the other four aircraft, two of them used radial engines manufactured by different companies while the other two used liquid cooled engines from the same company
14) The liquid cooled engine powered several famous "classic" aircraft. A majority of these were built under license to power one specific aircraft
15) The subject aircraft used a single, radial engine
16) Unlike the plane that inspired it, our subject plane used a wing design that included three spars
17) Clue 1 was due to the abundance of some materials and the lack of others needed to build the plane
18) The first plane was seriously damaged in a landing accident at the end of it's maiden flight, never to fly again. The other four never flew due to the events mentioned in clue 9
Good Luck

Hydro Junkie

Looks like an Italian Macchi or a Russian Mig . I know it's not an American or British plane since all of them have exhaust stacks that are higher on the sides of the fuse since they use an upright "V". The German planes use an inverted "V" in the -109 and FW-190 but it's neither one of those.

Ernie P.

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Actually, I believe it's a photo of the Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario (Archer or Sagittarius). It was an Italian plane designed to use the German DB 605 engine, used in the Bf 109 series fighters. Thanks; Ernie P.


The Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario (English: Archer, Sagittarius) was an Italianmonoplanefighter and fighter-bomber produced for the Regia Aeronautica during the later years of World War II. Along with the Macchi C.202/C.205 and Fiat G.55, the Reggiane Re.2005 was one of the three Serie 5 Italian fighters. The lines of the fuselage were aerodynamically efficient, and the design was intended to exploit the famous Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine. The only drawback was a certain structural weakness in the rear section of the fuselage. Only 48 examples had been delivered before the Armistice, and these fighters took part in the defence of Naples, Rome and Sicily, with the survivors battling above the crumbling ruins of Berlin, in German insignia. British ace and military observer, Group Captain Duncan Smith, DSO DFC, said that "The Re.2005 was altogether a superb, potent aeroplane".

Ernie P.

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Okay; I was misreading your response to CF105; wherein you stated "The Arrow was also built around a Canadian made engine that was never installed due to developmental problems. The subject plane was designed and built around the engine that was used.".

I thought you were saying the subject aircraft of your question used the engine that was actually used on the Arrow. Okay; I think I'm back on track now. Thanks; Ernie P.

Hydro Junkie

It appears that it's time for another clue. Here you go:
Looking for an aircraft:
1) This plane used a unique method of construction
2) The country that designed and built this plane normally imported it's aircraft
3) This plane was a single seater
4) This plane used an engine manufactured in one of the countries that normally supplied aircraft to it's country
5) This plane had a comparable top speed to a plane designed and built around the same engine, in the country the engine was manufactured in
6) This plane was very similar to a plane built in another country as it's design was highly influenced by that foreign built aircraft
7) This plane's armament was all carried externally, unlike other contemporary aircraft
8) This planes armament packed more punch than any of its contemporaries designed armaments, though some did match it through modifications after being deployed
9) This plane was cancelled after 5 were built when more advance planes with superior performance became available through other sources
10) This plane had something in common with two other famous aircraft built on another continent
11) This plane was a low winged aircraft of conventional design for the time period
12) The four other aircraft referred to in this quiz all flew in combat and had good to exceptional combat records
13) Of the other four aircraft, two of them used radial engines manufactured by different companies while the other two used liquid cooled engines from the same company
14) The liquid cooled engine powered several famous "classic" aircraft. A majority of these were built under license to power one specific aircraft
15) The subject aircraft used a single, radial engine
16) Unlike the plane that inspired it, our subject plane used a wing design that included three spars
17) Clue 1 was due to the abundance of some materials and the lack of others needed to build the plane
18) The first plane was seriously damaged in a landing accident at the end of it's maiden flight, never to fly again. The other four never flew due to the events mentioned in clue 9
19) This plane was designed and built by a team led by an high ranking military officer, rather than an engineer
20) This plane's gunnery was not the usual 30 or 50 caliber machine guns used on American planes, the British .303 or the Axis 7.7mm guns
21) This plane was set up to carry either a bomb or torpedo on a centerline weapons rack
Good Luck

Hydro Junkie

And, once again, it's time for more clues:
Looking for an aircraft:
1) This plane used a unique method of construction
2) The country that designed and built this plane normally imported it's aircraft
3) This plane was a single seater
4) This plane used an engine manufactured in one of the countries that normally supplied aircraft to it's country
5) This plane had a comparable top speed to a plane designed and built around the same engine, in the country the engine was manufactured in
6) This plane was very similar to a plane built in another country as it's design was highly influenced by that foreign built aircraft
7) This plane's armament was all carried externally, unlike other contemporary aircraft
8) This planes armament packed more punch than any of its contemporaries designed armaments, though some did match it through modifications after being deployed
9) This plane was cancelled after 5 were built when more advance planes with superior performance became available through other sources
10) This plane had something in common with two other famous aircraft built on another continent
11) This plane was a low winged aircraft of conventional design for the time period
12) The four other aircraft referred to in this quiz all flew in combat and had good to exceptional combat records
13) Of the other four aircraft, two of them used radial engines manufactured by different companies while the other two used liquid cooled engines from the same company
14) The liquid cooled engine powered several famous "classic" aircraft. A majority of these were built under license to power one specific aircraft
15) The subject aircraft used a single, radial engine
16) Unlike the plane that inspired it, our subject plane used a wing design that included three spars
17) Clue 1 was due to the abundance of some materials and the lack of others needed to build the plane
18) The first plane was seriously damaged in a landing accident at the end of it's maiden flight, never to fly again. The other four never flew due to the events mentioned in clue 9
19) This plane was designed and built by a team led by an high ranking military officer, rather than an engineer
20) This plane's gunnery was not the usual 30 or 50 caliber machine guns used on American planes, the British .303 or the Axis 7.7mm guns
21) This plane was set up to carry either a bomb or torpedo on a centerline weapons rack
22) The radial engine in this plane was far from the largest used but also not the smallest, that honor went to another country's lightweight combat aircraft's engine
23) The plane referred to in the previous question was actually faster than our subject plane and the other plane that used the same engine referred to in clue 5
Good Luck

JohnnyS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_X-P0

Hydro Junkie

AND WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JohnnyS, it's your turn.
Would anyone like a breakdown on what the clues meant?

Ernie P.

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<chuckle> I had logged on to solve the quiz, but I see JohnnyS beat me to it. Good job, Sir. Actually, good job by both JohnnyS and Hydro Junkie. That was a good one. Congratulations to both of you! Thanks; Ernie P.


The Chu X-PO, also known as the Chu (AFAMF) X-PO, was a Chinese fighter prototype in the Second World War. Designed by the Chief of the Air Force Technical Bureau, Major General Chu Chia-Jen, in 1941, the X-PO was a single-seat fighter monoplane, the single prototype of which was produced by AFAMF in 1943. Based largely on the Curtiss Hawk 75, it was of mixed construction with wooden three-spar wings, welded steel tube fuselage and plywood skinning. It could carry up to four 20 mm cannons underwing, and had capacity to carry bombs via a centreline bomb rack, allowing it to function as a dive bomber. It was anticipated that the X-PO would be produced in series at AFAMF No. 1 factory at Kunming, however the prototype was flown for the first time in 1943, at Yangling. After circling the airfield, the X-PO landed too fast, ground-looped and was written off. In the meantime, the American entry into World War II meant that American fighters were available to the Chinese, removing the need for China to manufacture indigenous fighter aircraft. As such no further production was carried out. No data except armament, construction and engine have survived.



General characteristics· Crew: 1 · · Length: 8.8 m (28 ft 10½ in) · · Wingspan: 11.4 m (37 ft 5 in) · · Height: 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) · · Wing area: 22 m2 (236.8 ft2) · · Gross weight: 2,990 kg (6,592 lb) · · Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S1C3-G "Twin Wasp" radial engine, 894 kW (1,200 hp)

Performance· Maximum speed: 504 km/h (313 mph) · · Cruising speed: 450 km/h (280 mph) · · Range: 1,400 km (870 miles) · · Service ceiling: 9,850 m (32,316 ft)

Armament· 4 x 20 mm Hispano-Suiza underwing cannon · · 2 x bombs or torpedoes

JohnnyS

Hydro Junkie,

That WAS a very good quiz. It took me a while to figure it out. Thanks!!

OK, here's a new quiz:

1. It was originally purchased for the purpose of moving firefighters and their equipment to forest fires.
2. Total number built was 8.

elmshoot

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I would love to see a picture or line drawing of the Chu X-Po plane.
Sparky