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Jimbuna · 04-27-19, 05:38 AM

Google (admittedly) is bringing it up as the Tropfen 1953 LMS

Catfish · 04-27-19, 08:32 AM

^

@Jim well the link says Tropfen (or 'drop', for its aerodynamic form) 1953 (??), but the photo itself claims it to be from 1923, which it is. I heard some allied soldier found it after WW2 in a garage somewhere and took it with him.

Yes, that is it, built by Max Schueler (including the engine and all).
It was called the Tropfen (drop) Motorrad, and not much were built. When WW1 was over, Max Schueler wanted to fly but was forbidden by the Versailles treaty.

The photo with the LVG biplane on the photo with Schueler, Lorinser and a third pilot was taken at Netter Heide aerodrome.
He had just taken the plane from another abandoned aerodrome and flew it to his hangar, 'illegally'.

Schueler had thrown out the MG, ammunition and was able to carry two passengers, for leisure flights (and money). Soon after the control commission demanded the plane to be destroyed, so Schueler was looking for other opportunities..

His motorcycle was ok to drive, but the fairing (thanks Eichhörnchen) was always tattering and bumping against the frame, so it could be heard from quite a distance

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Before the war, Schueler had held several german and international records, first with an AGO (Otto) biplane which he took up to 3500 meters, in 1913.

Over to you, Jim

Jimbuna · 04-27-19, 08:59 AM

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@Jim I guess any plane of 1913 was much better aerodynamically (and maybe in anything else too) than Merkel

As said before the machine is a motorcycle, and it did not fly.. some say it did not drive too well either

I was being serious

Jimbuna · 04-27-19, 09:06 AM

What is this?

Aktungbby · 04-27-19, 09:21 AM

HENRY VIII'S COD PIECE?

Jimbuna · 04-27-19, 09:46 AM

Not too far away.

u crank · 04-27-19, 09:52 AM

So it is a suit of armor?

Jimbuna · 04-27-19, 10:09 AM

No, not armour.

u crank · 04-27-19, 11:30 AM

Does this thing concern a particular English monarch?

Aktungbby · 04-27-19, 12:09 PM

is it in the Tower of London?

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Not too far away.

Catfish · 04-27-19, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I was being serious

-> Flying Merkel

What.. i really had no idea such existed

Jimbuna · 04-28-19, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by u crank

Does this thing concern a particular English monarch?

No royalty involved.

Jimbuna · 04-28-19, 06:15 AM

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is it in the Tower of London?

No but most likely in a museum these days.

Jimbuna · 04-28-19, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

What.. i really had no idea such existed

u crank · 04-28-19, 06:39 AM

Is it part of an aircraft?

04-27-19, 05:38 AM	#7801
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Google (admittedly) is bringing it up as the Tropfen 1953 LMS __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-27-19, 08:32 AM	#7802
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,901 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ @Jim well the link says Tropfen (or 'drop', for its aerodynamic form) 1953 (??), but the photo itself claims it to be from 1923, which it is. I heard some allied soldier found it after WW2 in a garage somewhere and took it with him. Yes, that is it, built by Max Schueler (including the engine and all). It was called the Tropfen (drop) Motorrad, and not much were built. When WW1 was over, Max Schueler wanted to fly but was forbidden by the Versailles treaty. The photo with the LVG biplane on the photo with Schueler, Lorinser and a third pilot was taken at Netter Heide aerodrome. He had just taken the plane from another abandoned aerodrome and flew it to his hangar, 'illegally'. Schueler had thrown out the MG, ammunition and was able to carry two passengers, for leisure flights (and money). Soon after the control commission demanded the plane to be destroyed, so Schueler was looking for other opportunities.. His motorcycle was ok to drive, but the fairing (thanks Eichhörnchen) was always tattering and bumping against the frame, so it could be heard from quite a distance . Before the war, Schueler had held several german and international records, first with an AGO (Otto) biplane which he took up to 3500 meters, in 1913. Over to you, Jim __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

04-27-19, 09:06 AM	#7804
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	What is this? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-27-19, 09:21 AM	#7805
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,923 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	HENRY VIII'S COD PIECE? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

04-27-19, 09:46 AM	#7806
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Not too far away. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-27-19, 09:52 AM	#7807
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,566 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	So it is a suit of armor? __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

04-27-19, 10:09 AM	#7808
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	No, not armour. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-27-19, 11:30 AM	#7809
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,566 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Does this thing concern a particular English monarch? __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

04-28-19, 06:39 AM	#7815
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,566 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Is it part of an aircraft? __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke