Learjet

[raafif]

The next version ?



by DreamsOfMachineArt.

[GTX_Admin]

Cool.  AI Generated I presume?

[raafif]

Cool.  AI Generated I presume?

Yes, one of the few AI pics that don't distort & does make sense.

[elmayerle]

How about a modification to the fuselage to incorporate a small door in the underside of the aircraft to allow cargo to be dropped?  Something similar was done with two Douglas A-26 Invaders that were modified for covert supply drops and operated by the CIA.  A clam-shell type door or better yet, a drop down ramp style door so that cargo could be delivered by air drop.

I reviewed my memories and, if you are willing to depressurize for the drop, drop hatch installations do exist, generally opposite the main door at the front of the fuselage.

[elmayerle]

An idea for a Learjet 35/36XR incorporating the inboard wing glove tank of the Lear 25G conversion and a similar thickening of the engine pylons to reduce interference drag.  And then an extended range version of that with underwing tanks, possibly with pylons again designed to reduce interference drag.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Why not go with a pair of "slipper tanks" (an example of which can be found in the old Hawk Models/Testors//Italeri U-2C kit) in lieu of pylons under wing and attached fuel tank?

[elmayerle]

Why not go with a pair of "slipper tanks" (an example of which can be found in the old Hawk Models/Testors//Italeri U-2C kit) in lieu of pylons under wing and attached fuel tank?

Possibly.  I was looking at what could be done with the existing tip tanks in a new location.  Perhaps a very short pylon with a fairing so that the tank appears as a slipper tank, though you might have clearance problems with the flaps that way.

[raafif]

over-wing tanks like the Lightning ?