Who / What / Where Game Part 2 - Page 219

Jimbuna · 03-09-23, 01:04 PM

Gun camera?

Catfish · 03-10-23, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Ostfriese

Is this thing supposed to be surrounded by water (or another liquid)?

No lol.
Some hints:
it is supposed to be surrounded by air.
Liquids are supposed to be fed inside, when this thing was active/working.

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

I never use Google Lens to solve these visual riddles but this was too hard to resist, so I photoshopped a black cone to the bottom of your doohickey and flipped it over on its side (you said you up-ended it deliberately)...... but Google still gave me nothing whatsoever

The direction is right, also it almost looks like, maybe it shows when you paint the photoshopped right cone really black, and let it end with a cut (more like a nozzle

) instead of a pointed end.

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Gun camera?

Not a gun camera. This has nothing to do with weapons or guns, though the whole contraption where this was fitted to, could have been used by the military. Indeed the military was interested but the project was given up.

Jimbuna · 03-10-23, 07:55 AM

A smoke emitter?

Aktungbby · 03-10-23, 09:59 AM

made in Amerika?

Catfish · 03-10-23, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

A smoke emitter?

There is none to see on contemporary videos or photos. But it does emit something when it works. Maybe smoke when adjusted improperly(?)

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

made in Amerika?

No. The US military was interested though, as were civilian companies internationally.

The US later developed another idea which was offering the same advantages, but which is unstable in comparison and has accidents now and then until today.
The thing we look for was thoroughly tested and proved to be reliable and well-suited to all kinds of tasks, unfortunately development was stopped.

Aktungbby · 03-10-23, 10:49 AM

made in germany?

Ostfriese · 03-10-23, 11:19 AM

Some sort of power plant? This is really confusing...

Catfish · 03-10-23, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

made in germany?

No. Germany had its own projects for missons this thing could have fulfilled, but nothing came of them either, probably due to WW2 repercussions.

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Originally Posted by Ostfriese

Some sort of power plant? This is really confusing...

I hope so

Power plant, hmm in a way. It was fed with fuel and of course air, and ignited. I would hesitate to call it a rocket though

Even more confusing: This thing was not needed to work all the time during operation of the craft it (and its three siblings) was attached to.

Generally several nations and companies of the time were trying to develop technology that could fulfill certain demands this thing could. Most were abandoned, but they are recently on the table again.

Eichhörnchen · 03-10-23, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

The direction is right, also it almost looks like, maybe it shows when you paint the photoshopped right cone really black, and let it end with a cut (more like a nozzle

) instead of a pointed end

I'll give it a try

Jimbuna · 03-10-23, 01:10 PM

Used for spraying such as herbicides and defoliants?

Eichhörnchen · 03-10-23, 01:20 PM

I made it look like this - but it still doesn't yield anything except projectiles in 'Lens'

Were these a result of researches into the fine control of craft which could hover - rather like retro rockets?

Catfish · 03-10-23, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Used for spraying such as herbicides and defoliants?

Not at all

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

I made it look like this - but it still doesn't yield anything except projectiles in 'Lens'

Maybe make the black part thicker and a bit less conical, i do not know how those Google lens algorithms work

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Were these a result of researches into the fine control of craft which could hover - rather like retro rockets?

It was indeed made for a VTOL craft, and could also make it hover. But these were not used as retro rockets.
But these "rockets" did not fire against the ground, since they (four of them in all) were used more horizontally.
Hint: in a circular fashion

Jimbuna · 03-10-23, 02:13 PM

Focke-Wulf Triebflügeljäger “thrust wing hunter”?

Catfish · 03-10-23, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Focke-Wulf Triebflügeljäger “thrust wing hunter”?

This used a similar idea, if it would have been built

But it is not german, i think we had that.. and it is not a US craft.

@Eichhörnchen

Eichhörnchen · 03-10-23, 02:20 PM

A "Tip Jet" rotor helicopter nozzle?

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,793 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	A "Tip Jet" rotor helicopter nozzle? __________________