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[P51vsFw190]

This should be easy.

James

[BalDaddy]

Back-end of a Fokker DVII on the left

[Radoye]

Is this a trick question?

The obvious answer is of course Pitts Special, one of the most ubiquitous and best known acro plane types of the last 50 years or so. But it sounds strange that you'd ask for this, it's like posting an image of a Boeing 747 or something like that.

So, is there more here than meets the eye?

[P51vsFw190]

Would you believe me If I told you that I own this exact plane?

By the way Radoye, you got it. It wasnt meant to be hard. It was meant to be found quickly.

[SAS~Storebror]

Would you believe me If I told you that I own this exact plane?

No because I know your flying skills
Show us some more pics of your plane and we might get convinced.
We even have a dedicated topic for such occasions: https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,1364.0.html

Best regards - Mike

[Radoye]

OK then what's this:

[SAS~Storebror]

A licensed built BMW VI engine in an airframe that just sucks

[Radoye]

A licensed built BMW VI engine...

This is of course correct! 

...in an airframe that just sucks

Did it really suck so much? The main competitor (which was ultimatively accepted fro series production) was more maneuverable, but this wasn't too bad either as far as i'm aware. 


So, we know this is an F-35, but what version? 

[P51vsFw190]

I do own it.....because it is an R/C plane

The Pitts in the picture is my R/C plane, it is 1/5th scale.

No one in their right mind would let me have a real plane.

[SAS~Storebror]

Did it really suck so much?

Absolutely.
Compare it to another plane that took into the air in the very same year like this one and you will see:


Or, to make matters worse, these two which have been in the air the year before already:




See? Creating an airframe like that one of the plane in question, at that time, means that the engineers have boozed slorry.

Best regards - Mike

[Radoye]

I see your point, but i would rather rephrase it - those are samples of superb airframes that were clearly ahead of their time. Most of the stuff flying around during this timeframe wasn't nearly this advanced.

This:



Or this:



Or this:



Or even this:



And this:



Compared to this lot our mystery plane doesn't look that "sucky"...

[Zflyer48]

It is a Kawasaki Ki-28. It lost out to the Nakajima Ki-27 (Nate) in competition. Open Round. I got nothing.