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I saw an airplane the other day and it was "unique" looking. Ir looked like a cross between a Cessna 210 and a Turbo Porter but the cockpit was more cone shaped and the top half appeared to be all plexiglass.
So, what was it?
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05-05-2016, 08:51 AM
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top half of what part appeared to be all plexiglass?
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05-05-2016, 08:58 AM
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The top half of the cockpit/cone shaped front end. Not all the way to the prop, but close.
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05-05-2016, 09:03 AM
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The cockpit was similar to this, but it was a tractor not a pusher and larger. The wing leading edge back was very similar to a 210/Porter cross.
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05-05-2016, 09:12 AM
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size of aircraft in relative terms? LSA size? 210 size? Pilatus size?
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05-05-2016, 09:14 AM
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210 size I think. It was not LSA and appeared to seat 4 or 6. It was hard to make out as I was driving. It was on the taxiway of the local airport.
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05-05-2016, 09:17 AM
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The nose was shorter than a Turbo Porter but longer than the 210 and the pilot appeared to be slightly reclined so it may not be quite as big as I thought. It had windows like a 210 from under the wing on to the back of the passenger area. It was larger than a Husky.
I am guessing some type of kit or experimental. It was just odd.
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05-05-2016, 09:21 AM
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The leading edge back is similar.
It was like this, mostly. The red is the angle the pilot reclined and the blue would be his head. Sorry for the crudeness. 
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05-05-2016, 01:01 PM
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Close, but there was a lot more glass and it went further forward and the whole front was more of a cone. I could see most of the pilot. More than you can see in the LSA at the top.
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05-05-2016, 02:31 PM
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Not a Caravan. Love them as an SUV of the skies though.
Move th epilot ahead and more glass from the wig root to about where the Y in SKYDIVE is an down about as low as the bottom stripe as it gets to the door.
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05-06-2016, 12:25 PM
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Put that cockpit on the plane you posted before and you would be awful close.
I imagine it was a homebuilt/experimental but someone may have seen it or another like it at Sun-n-Fun or Airventure. From the spinner to the wing leading edge was an almost perfect cone shape and lots of glass on the top half-ish. Had I not been driving I would have taken a picture.
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05-06-2016, 12:57 PM
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Imagine the Extra posted above with this cockpit, only from the panel forward is a cowl and engine.
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Whittman tailwind?
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