Potez 75

LAST EDITED ON Aug-16-03 AT 10:58 AM (CDT)
 
Everybody needs a C/L model of one of these:

http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/farmer/120/potez75.html

Just a bit of whimsy on my part. Have fun guys!

JAK

PS: Here's a color shot (in camo yet) along with a takeoff pic:

http://cloud.prohosting.com/hud607/uncommon/aircraft/75/main.html

YUK! You'd have to make the body out of aluminum & use it as a heat sink for cooling the engine.

LAST EDITED ON Aug-16-03 AT 01:05 PM (CDT)
 
A scale or semi-scale model of a French airplane? Not likely, but how about one that doesn't make me want to gouge my own eyes out? Like this'n. It's supposed to be a Nieuport 161. I found this "artist's impression" on a site for stick 'n tissue rubber scale model plans. Maybe it's a mythical creation...I have not been able to find any info on it. Steve

Steve,

Just enter Nieuport 161 in Http://www.google.com and you'll get about 10 pages of entries. Here's one picture. Man, I don't know. it's still an ugly, French plane.

>Steve,
>
>Just enter Nieuport 161 in Http://www.google.com and you'll
>get about 10 pages of entries. Here's one picture. Man, I
>don't know. it's still an ugly, French plane.
>
>

Randy Powell

Clearly, the "Artist's Impression" wasn't done by a Frenchman. But the Cox/K&B/RJL Conquest .15 was styled by a Frenchman. Steve

It isn't that bad. Try one of the Arsenal VG-33-36 series if you want a more attractive fighter.
On the other hand, you could build a Hanriot-Biche' H-110- there already IS a C/L model of this, and it is a Stunter too!

John

Let's see, these are the same people that built a fort in a valley surrounded by their enemy that had massive artillery and then challenged them to a fight. They just don't get it, do they. Oh, yes, the place Dien Bien Phoo or pu or whatever. I can't for the life of me think of a single airplane ever built or designed by the french that had any real eye appeal. Their cars are ugly too. Can you say Citroen??

The French were the ONLY foreign country to ever win the American Thompson Trophy race (1936). The lines of the Caudron 460 that did it served as the inspiration for GMA's Nobler.
The Nieuport 161 was a pre-WW II fighter prototype for the French Army Air Force (never produced).

I can't for the life of me think of a single
>airplane ever built or designed by the french that had any
>real eye appeal. Their cars are ugly too. Can you say
>Citroen??

Gots to disagree with you, dude. IMHO the Mirage series of figher planes, the Concorde,(well,maybe that was done in collaboration with the Brits)their helicopter version of the Huey (I think they call it the Squirrel) and the Breguet Fauvette(a sailplane) are some of the best looking aircraft ever. The later Citroen automobiles were also nice looking, and the older ones that used to run around Europe looked like old timey gangster cars. BUT the 2CV.... UGGLEEE! How do they pronounce the name of that creation? "PUTZ?" It looks sort of like an unhappy accident between an A-10 Warthog and an Ercoupe. But how 'bout Brigitte Bardot? Maybe not an aircraft, but certainly aerodynamic!

Well, we were talking pure french planes and the Concorde is a collabaration. Now as to their wimmin, theys gots ta be some Italian blood in them. Ha.

>Let's see, these are the same people that built a fort in a
>valley surrounded by their enemy that had massive artillery
>and then challenged them to a fight. They just don't get
>it, do they. Oh, yes, the place Dien Bien Phoo or pu or
>whatever. I can't for the life of me think of a single
>airplane ever built or designed by the french that had any
>real eye appeal. Their cars are ugly too. Can you say
>Citroen??

Ty: Then you're dead...

Ever here of the Caudron Racer? Inspiration for the Nobler? Or, check out the Caravelle, the commercial airliner. Ahead of its time. How about a Nieuport 28, to me the most aesthetically pleasing of all the WW 1 fighters?

Cars...Better stick to something you know, Ty...French cars from the '30s were some of the most beautiful creations ever...

Ever hear of the Talbot-Lago? Delahaye? Delage? Bugatti? Go Google, Ty. You may learn something.

Citroen? Some people liked the SM. If you are referring to the "French Resistance" '30s-'50s version, let me remind you that the body was by Budd, out of Philly. It bears a close resemblance to a '34 Ford, albeit with front wheel drive.

Dien? We have blundered, militarily, too. I need not bring out examples here. Hey, without Lafayette....

LAST EDITED ON Aug-18-03 AT 01:59 PM (CDT)
 
>>Let's see, these are the same people that built a fort in a
>>valley surrounded by their enemy that had massive artillery
>>and then challenged them to a fight. They just don't get
>>it, do they. Oh, yes, the place Dien Bien Phoo or pu or
>>whatever. I can't for the life of me think of a single
>>airplane ever built or designed by the french that had any
>>real eye appeal. Their cars are ugly too. Can you say
>>Citroen??
>
>Ty: Then you're dead...
>
>Ever here of the Caudron Racer? Inspiration for the Nobler?
>Or, check out the Caravelle, the commercial airliner. Ahead
>of its time. How about a Nieuport 28, to me the most
>aesthetically pleasing of all the WW 1 fighters?
>
>Cars...Better stick to something you know, Ty...French cars
>from the '30s were some of the most beautiful creations
>ever...
>
>Ever hear of the Talbot-Lago? Delahaye? Delage? Bugatti? Go
>Google, Ty. You may learn something.
>
>Citroen? Some people liked the SM. If you are referring to
>the "French Resistance" '30s-'50s version, let me remind you
>that the body was by Budd, out of Philly. It bears a close
>resemblance to a '34 Ford, albeit with front wheel drive.
>
>Dien? We have blundered, militarily, too. I need not bring
>out examples here. Hey, without Lafayette....
>
>
>
>Currell
\
Without Lafayette and the French, there would be NO USA today...
Had it not been for the French (and British) orders for planes in the immediate pre-WW-II period, the Amercian aircraft industry might well have gone belly up in the wake of the Great Depression.
Andre' Citroen was known as the Henry Ford of Europe...
Dein? Yes a loss, but it was one of the greatest defensive battles ever fought in history. The French at one point appealed to the US government for help (air support). Carpet bombing of the valley slopes by USAF B-29s would have broken the back of the Vietminh. It was a mission easily within the capacity of the USAF in the Far East at the time. The US turned the French down cold. The response delivered by the (then) Secretary of State was that "America must not dissipate her strength in minor Asian conflicts".
It's only a pity we didn't listen to those same wise words ten years later when we sent some 58,000 of our countrymen to die in the same hellhole.

Catherine Deneuve and Bugatti, unforgetable French shapes.

"Some people liked the SM" There is that Italian again.
SM had a Maserati V-6 in it.

And Bugatti of course was Italian. But a French make, car wise. Currell

When I was in Libya, the Peugeot 505 was very popular. That was not a very pretty auto, but the thing was tough as a boot. The Peugeot was the only French auto I would ever consider owning. Esp. in the diesel version. The Libian version had a solid rear axle, the US version had a three piece axle.

What about the Loire et Olivier bonbers - they were surely the most ungainly of all - altough the Boulton Paul Overstrand (but very nimble) and the HP Heyford were pretty ugly too.

Tony Elmore