Can you see it now ?
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yes indeed thanks any idea whats happend?...I could see the attachment box but no image inside it on #5
On the same page/scan was a picture of the Supermarine Seagull 381 at the same show for which I now have plans for a 60" span E flight version.Comment
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Yes #5 shows the picture of the Satellite but no Supermarine Seagull ? built that one myself once for free flight power,a superb flyer until a magnetic tree jumped out of a field and hit it head on..crunch !! a very attractive subject for modelling.
The Meteor in the background by the way mentioned by Duncan is G-AKPK the all red T.7 demonstratot which eventually went to the Royal Netherlands air force.
Keep these interesting types coming and experiment loading the pictures.Comment
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Big pic reveals tiny slot on top of fuz. Cooling inlet ? Waiting for Seagull pic, got the Satellite pic first time OK.Comment
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***Well spotted Duncan,I have been thinking a lot about this design,at that time there was not a wide variety of engines suitable for pushers,the inline Gipsy Queen was hardly a good choice of powerplant given the cooling requirements for a very closed in arrangement,I suspect that the downfall would have been over-heating a killer with tractor airscrews let alone something with no slipstream wafting across the pots,re-designed today with a suitable lightweight fan she would work,couple this with a suitable modern powerplant with plenty of power in reserve,the aircraft reminds me of something out of a 'Dan Dare' story,now I really am showing my age.
Big pic reveals tiny slot on top of fuz. Cooling inlet ? Waiting for Seagull pic' date=' got the Satellite pic first time OK.[/quote']
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Yep Dan Dare`s weekend run-about exactly !Comment
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Ive just seen that someone spotted the vent......strange things happen trying to work on this site...
I went back to my first scan done at a very high photo rate but you can also see what may be a vent in the dorsal surface of the fuse above the wing trailing edge....it would also appear to have been two tone, there is also a diamond pattern on the sides of the fuselage mainly below the cabin but reaching back over the wing.
Heres a link to my Seagull research elswhere...if anyones interested In contributing will set up a thread here as well.
mines the Traplet RC version.Comment
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another
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That aint a plane!...its a work of art. Thumbnail won't go big.
I'm drunk tho.Comment
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I`m sober and the thumbnail wont go big either. Shows the coloured flash paint-job well. The cooling remains a mystery. Any more Kiwi ?Comment
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Any chance of a larger picture Kiwi ?Comment
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Still cannot fully work out the cooling system vents ?Comment
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Some time ago Duncan asked if I had any more photos of this aircraft, well try yhtis.
Barry asked re the colour scheme, it was blue overall, with red trim and silver lettering and nose.
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I deleted the previous small thumbnail and here is a bigger version of it. notice there is no rego applied in this photo so it must have been taken prior to the hangar shot.
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Useful picture Kiwi,must get around to doing some sort of model of this one day.
With a modern small turbojet it would have been successful,I think they realised that there would be cooling problems with the Gipsy engine,not a motor that likes being cowled up and certainly not suited to pusher work.
A machine years ahead of its time and one that the replica builders could have a field day with.Comment
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