"The Lurktastic Opponaught" (oppolurker)
08/30/2016 at 19:36 • Filed to: None
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"The Lurktastic Opponaught" (oppolurker)
08/30/2016 at 19:36 • Filed to: None | 0
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Hello Oppo. I’ve got two questions for you. Here’s the first. What is/was this static display I came across outside a flight school today? The second item of question is a twin tail after the jump. Edit: I think we’ve found winners with the Cozy Mk IV and an Erco Ercoupe. Thanks, everyone.
Second, I came across this interesting twin tail just to the side of the main road a few miles later. It seemed to be at a disused airfield of some sort, given the hangar and general feel of the place but there were no signs.
Spaceball-Two
> The Lurktastic Opponaught
08/30/2016 at 19:41 |
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The fist I believe is an EZ and the second I think is a Swift.
ttyymmnn
> The Lurktastic Opponaught
08/30/2016 at 19:42 |
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The first is a Rutan VariEze . The second one I’m not sure of right away, but I do have a Christmas ornament of it!
bubblestheturtle
> The Lurktastic Opponaught
08/30/2016 at 19:43 |
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Looks like a Cozy Mk IV and an Erco Ercoupe
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ttyymmnn
> The Lurktastic Opponaught
08/30/2016 at 19:45 |
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Second one looks like an ERCO Ercoupe .
OPPOsaurus WRX
> The Lurktastic Opponaught
08/30/2016 at 20:50 |
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i snapped this one while out doing some site work today. i was a little slow on the pic. some were lower too but I had work to do. damn work, always getting in the way of shit. the planes were heading into Logan
Dusty Ventures
> The Lurktastic Opponaught
08/30/2016 at 21:00 |
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If I were to build a plane I would totally get a VariEze
RedlineZ bought an SV (And is getting rid of the z)
> The Lurktastic Opponaught
08/30/2016 at 22:35 |
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Ercoups are wierd little planes. The rudders are connected to the yoke so there are no pedals in the plane. It’s basically spin proof. There were a few at the airport I used to work at. AOPA did a full write up about them. https://www.aopa.org/go-fly/aircraf…
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The Lurktastic Opponaught
> RedlineZ bought an SV (And is getting rid of the z)
08/31/2016 at 10:28 |
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Thanks. The design and lines caught my eye as something that was Second World War era, and it’s neat to know that they mandated coordinated turns by design. Was that decoupled for ground ops, or was it possible to turn while taxiing with the yolk? I guess I should rtfm.
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The Lurktastic Opponaught
> RedlineZ bought an SV (And is getting rid of the z)
08/31/2016 at 10:40 |
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Ok, questions answered. Thanks for the link. That was a cool find on a grass strip in rural Maine.