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Exotic Fi 156
Hello,
There is a very interesting Fi 156 at BattleGroundRelics with several unusual features:
Does anybody recognize the version and what the purpose of the rectangular tubes / "aerial" was? Regards Roger Gaemperle |
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Re: Exotic Fi 156
Also, the fact that the Werknummer is painted on the fin is a rather rare occurrence. Is it decipherable?
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Re: Exotic Fi 156
You are right! I can't decipher it but maybe the owner of the photo can tell if the number is readable on the original photo.
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Re: Exotic Fi 156
I don't think those are oil stains on the auxiliary fuel tank but reflections. This indicates some type of plexi-glas or similar nose, perhaps for a camera.
Ed |
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Re: Exotic Fi 156
Hi Roger
Since I am uncertain what it is exactly you mean, my comments may be way off the hill... To me what is underneath the right wing which looks like a tubestructure is part of the strut and is connected both to the top wing and the strut itself. What looks like a rod pointing downwards is as far as can see on every Storch. A close up shows that it is graded and my guess is that it measured the fuel status in the wing. As far as I can judge it is also underneath the left wing. The Fi 156 carried many different types and sizes of tanks underneath its belly and from the photos I have of the type actually carrying tanks (not that usual it seems), they vary a lot, but none looks like the one on your photo. Looks like Ed is right when he says it looks like its "glazed". No suggestions though... Cheers Stig PS: Nice shot! |
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Nice photo Roger! :-)
Short vertical object ("aerial") beneath the wing is in fact a graduated tube (glass) with slotted metal protective sleeve to provide visual indication of wing-tank fuel quantity to the pilot. I suspect that the tank-like object beneath the fuselage is, just that, a (fuel) tank or maybe a container. It is unnecessarily big for a camera, and to put a transparent nose immediately aft and below the oil cooler as well as engine is asking for frequent staining; that makes for terrible photos. Moreover, if a camera, the pointing direction would favor downward, not ahead or upward. Why make the entire dome transparent? Could the dome, perhaps removable, be of a different material or painted a different color, or just oil-stained? Thus, the image we see. Most interesting to me are the two rectangular outward-rearward extensions beneath the cowing. On a typical Fi 156, that is where the engine exhaust discharges. Perhaps these keep the exhaust heat/smoke/flame off the tank. |
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Good points regarding the camera idea. However, there was a recent discussion of a small ROBOT camera installation in the nose of a Bf 110, which I had not seen before.
Ed |
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Re: Exotic Fi 156
Dear all,
Thanks for your interesting comments! I have to admit that I don't know the Fi 156 that well. With "aerial" I meant what turns out to be the graduated tube. I haven't noticed this on other Fi 156 before but probably just because I haven't studied this aircraft in such detail. I knew that the rectangular tubes are quite unusual and I think they are indeed related to the container which I still think is a fuel tank. I went through my old lwcollectibles site and found 3 more photos of Fi 156 with fuel tanks: 1st one 2nd one 3rd one The one in the 1st photo looks very much like the one on the photo at www.battlegroundrelics.com Cheers, Roger |
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Re: Exotic Fi 156
Quote:
http://www.airmuseumsuk.org/museum/I...6%20Storch.htm |
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Re: Exotic Fi 156
The "squared tubes" looks to me a modified exhaust system. See Roger´s photo 3 and follow the exhaust tube on engine. Also notice the exhaust stain on the fuel tanks.
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