Guess whats at my airport...

Master Roda

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I took some pictures. Here's a couple. Who knows what this is? This is the only one.
 

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Looks like the other engine might be on back order?

Look pretty cool, get some pictures of the inside...
 
I sometimes wonder if Rutan built strange designs of his to make adjustments to the program he developed to design Spaceship 1.
 
Blohm & Voss BV 141

Blohm & Voss BV 141

Reminds me of this:
 

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From what I have read about this it has no adverse yaw affects no matter which engine is shut down(safety). The engines are different horsepower.No technical reason for this its just the two they had on hand at the time.
 
If you want a twin engine aircraft that has minimum parasitic drag….you build it like that….even though it looks strange. It does draw people…..
 
Dornier 335

Dornier 335

If you want a twin engine aircraft that has minimum parasitic drag….you build it like that...

No, you build it like this:
 

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I'll upload more pics tomorrow.
The guy who's flying it knows alot about it's construction and it's very interesting to learn about it. Apparently it's being restored for Oshkosh 2012.
It's very unique. Down to the windows. Even the seating is kinda wierd.
 
When the Boomerang first came out, I thought it was a joke.
Then I thought Rutan was just trying to build the crookedest plane possible that would still fly.
But after reading an article where he laid it all out, it made me want to slap my forehead and say "Duh...that makes sense!"

I was fortunate enough to be in the front of the crowd at Oshkosh this year where he spoke about the Boomerang, among other things. I wonder who the next 'Big Imagineer' is going to be.
 
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