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[SAS~Storebror]

Sleek plane. Only thing is you don't see shit from the pilot's viewpoint, except for when you fly backwards.


Mike

[P51vsFw190]

DH, you get it but your engine is wrong. This is the first prototype with the ABC engine. It produced far less hp than the Niagara.

It’s your turn DH.



James

[pb43]

It also had variable incidence wings.

The Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor (originally designated XP-91) is a mixed-propulsion prototype interceptor aircraft, developed by Republic Aviation.

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[P51vsFw190]

It also had variable incidence wings.

That is incorrect. The wings on the XF-91 had inverse taper, i.e. Smaller chord at the root than at the tip. The wings on the XF-91 didn't move or change incidence or angle. They are not "Variable Geometry" like the wings on an F-111, F-14 or B-1B.

[DHumphrey]

Ok all, here's the new one:

[SAS~Storebror]

Should be clear as mud that this is just another faux antique finish F-35.

[Fresco23]

Well im lost.

[sniperton]

Edit: I gave it another try and it seems to be the Johnson Uniplane, an experimental flying pancake from the early 1930s.
http://eaavintage.org/october-2015-mystery/
http://www.airwar.ru/enc/xplane/uniplane.html

A much better picture:
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms223_photographs/590/

[DHumphrey]

Well done sniperton !!!

Mike you were close with your "faux antique finish F-35" guess, but no cigar. 

Your turn sniperton

[LameHawk]

That was a nasty one 

[sniperton]

That was a nasty one 

I don't think so, any plane which is unconventional enough is quite easy to track down. It's not like with the Nth variant of a popular conventional design where you have to check aircraft manufacturers from the whole world ranging from the US to Argentina and from the 30s to the 60s. This is why I don't want to make you suck with Hungarian or Polish designs, although I'd have plenty of material to do so.
Anyway, this is from a major country, and I apologize for the bad image quality (which is a hint at its origin, if anything else fails).
[I also want you to admit that it's a nice object captured in a beautiful picture despite its low quality.]

[LameHawk]

A lot easier

This can only be the Beriev Be-10