Stuka w/Retract gear

[gdskoog]

Greetings,
Below is a link to a photo for sale on ebay listed as a Stuka. I have read in various sources about a prototype Stuka with retractable landing gear that was based on the Dora model. Is this it?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=140166230889

thanks for any input you might have.

Regards,
Duane

[Graham Boak]

The aircraft is a He 112B.

I suspect the slight gull wing has confused the owner.

[phil]

hello,
as far i know retract gear?no treace from it
what i can tell is that the stuka ju 87 Tr C(caser) that was based on the 87 B version had rear folding wings ,strengthened landing gear and arrestor hook.
kindly regards
phil

[obdl3945]

Hi...

If you use the link below, or copy it into your browser, you can then scroll down until you come to a photo of a model of the Ju187, a further development of the proposed Ju87F. It had a passing resemblance to the Bolton-Paul Defiant, and a curious down-turned tailplane... oh, and was intended to have a retractable undercarriage.

Regards...



http://www.geocities.com/hjunkers/ju_ju87_a1.htm

[phil]

hello,that picture on ebay from a so caled stuka isn't i stuka i agree with the other person, stuka had 3 prop blades for your info.
kind reg
phil mertens

[obdl3945]

Hi, Phil...

I'm in agreement with you regarding the number of propellor blades, but with respect, the model shown in the link has got three propellor blades. Mind you, it was only a model, so perhaps wasn't indicative of the final appearance of the intended version.

Regards...

[phil]

hello,
I was reading in my books the following about retractable landing gear:
source: scale aircraft modeling
volume 9 number 12 september 1987
stuka article written by:Alan W.Hall
....page 537....Lesser known variants,the ju 87 g was the last version of the aircraft to be built in any numbers.Subsequently the final production version was the ju 87 H wich was a dual control trainer based on the D variant.Most of these were converted from that model having no dives brakes and a pair of transparant blisters added to the rear cockpit to improve the instructor's view.
A further attempt to radicaly update the basic Ju 87 was begun in the spring of 1941. originaly designed ju 87 F this had an increased wing span,retracting undercarriage and a dorsal barbette in place of the rear gunner's possition with a canon and machine gun armement.desing work was compleeted early 1943 and was re-designated Junkers JU 187 but because it schowed only marginally improved performance over the existing ju 87 D it was scrapped....
as a matter the author didn't mension the source.
hopefully this will help you
kindly regards
phil mertens