You know, what constitutes an obscure aircraft depends upon where you live. For example in the US, few have heard of the Ikarus IK-2 however, if you are a modeler in the (former) Yugoslavia you will definitely know about it.  It's on my to build list.


KF

Kerak wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2019 at 7:08pm:


13".

The motor idea is sorta like a No-Cal set-up...sounds like a good middle step before going for a full build.

Wow!  That is really great, Alf!  What's the wingspan?

Here's the next step...scab a motor stick onto the side...with rubber motor and prop.  Keep the provision to enable moving the CG...see how it's location changes.  Don't you wonder if the original designers/builders did any of this?

Really...that would be a great model all by itself if it were given a legit color scheme!

Super job!  Unique et magnifique!

Neal

This might fit the bill

Per Wikipedia,

The F 19 Ente was a high-wing monoplane with a canard layout and fixed tricycle undercarriage. The pilot sat in an open cockpit, while an enclosed cabin was provided for two or three passengers. The canard was mounted on short struts above the nose of the aircraft, ahead of the cockpit, and the two engines were housed in nacelles mounted under the wings.

The F 19 design was set so that the front stabilizer would stall some moments before the rear-mounted main wing, which in theory made the Ente virtually stall-proof.

The first example flew on 2 September 1927 but was destroyed on 29 September during a demonstration of single-engine flight, after a control rod snapped. Focke-Wulf co-founder Georg Wulf was killed in the crash. Nevertheless, a second aircraft (D-1960) was built, flying in late 1930.[2] This was used for a promotional tour of Europe the following year which took it to Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the UK. On 7 November 1931, it was demonstrated at Hanworth Air Park, flown by Focke-Wulf chief pilot Cornelius Edzard.

Later, it was put on display at the Deutsche Luftfahrtsammlung in Berlin, where it was destroyed in an Allied air raid in 1944.

Now that is really an unusual design, Alf.  Be helpful to have some info as to what the aircraft did on its initial flight attempt...nose/tail heavy...got the CG wrong?  If you're serious about getting it to fly...might help to come up with some kind of mockup...a general configuration you can make "adjustments" to...and once you've got her floating along...launch into a full-blown scale version.  How about something like a dime(nickel)-glider?

That is a wild design...would have been great if it had proven successful!  Very advanced!   I'd be tempted to "hedge" on that wingspan as well...longer...as well as the foreplane (canard).

Just my thoughts....

Neal

Another great airplane and nice find.  My guess on the thing sticking up behind the engine was an exhaust vent to keep the exhaust out of the cockpit while doing ground test and engine runups...IMHO

I started a Mystery Tailless fiction fighter years ago but never finished it. Just brushed the dust off of it. If this qualifies for this I would be in.
Paul

I can't join either, I'm up to my elbows in the Marcoux Bromberg and I have come to realize that I don't have the time and, as with Mike, I build way to slow as well. Would, however, like the definition of "obscure" that you will be using. Look forward to the outcome and some terrific models.
Mike