Author Topic: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)  (Read 88504 times)

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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #25 on: December 28, 2011, 04:43:24 AM »
More inspiration:



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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #26 on: December 28, 2011, 04:43:59 AM »
Lockheed Martin UCAV Concept (from CodeOne):



Me likey!!! ;D

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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #27 on: December 28, 2011, 04:44:44 AM »
Did I mention that I like UAVs?



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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #28 on: December 28, 2011, 04:45:15 AM »
You have to give it to the Chinese for developing a very attractive, joined wing UAV!





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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #29 on: December 28, 2011, 01:28:23 PM »
Good ideas.  Like looking at the postings here.
Say it is luft 46 time.  How about a B-29 carrying a P-51B unmanned flying bomb under each wing?  The D and H models are now the fighters.
Or -- if the new F-80 does not have range to escort/fight to German targets and back to England.  Could bash a B-29 that carries a F-80 (akin to Bell X-1).  Launches it when needed over Germany.  B-29 turns back for base and F-80 with full tanks can fight and fly back.  Holding a finished F-80 under a finished B-29.  Looks like a doable bash.

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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #30 on: December 28, 2011, 02:26:49 PM »
 This thread makes me cry and shudder and scream in fear, loathing and disgust on so many levels...

do not waaaaaaaaaaaant!

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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #31 on: December 28, 2011, 02:39:30 PM »



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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #32 on: January 12, 2012, 04:13:45 AM »
Well, I know what I'm doing with my Testors 1/72 F-19...some chopping and shaping and I'll have a nice 1/48 UCAV! Thanks for the inspiration!

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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #33 on: January 12, 2012, 05:37:47 AM »
One aircraft I have never liked the canopy on is the Meteor F.1.  So when the CyberHobby kit was put on an aggressive sale, I included it in the order for the express purpose of making it a UAV.

Inspiration source:  It couldn't be Greg's illustration from a few years back now could it?   :-)

Article on Hyperscale:  "Construction began by the removal of the entire cockpit which was replace with tire lead."     >:D >:D >:D
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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #34 on: January 12, 2012, 12:20:06 PM »
That YF-23 looks perfect as a UCAV!  :-*
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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #35 on: January 12, 2012, 06:06:08 PM »
Well, I know what I'm doing with my Testors 1/72 F-19...some chopping and shaping and I'll have a nice 1/48 UCAV! Thanks for the inspiration!

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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #36 on: January 12, 2012, 09:08:11 PM »
Some of my UCAV photo montages were extremely close to Greg's artwork although I had not seen it at the time.
I'm reposting here stuff previously seen in other topics (or other sites)... all of which may further inspire some of you to tackle those pilotless designs and turn them to plastic for our enjoyment...

Starting with the Boeing QF-18H Hornet UCAV:



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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #37 on: January 12, 2012, 09:09:20 PM »
The Mikoyan MiG-29RV « Fulcrum-Q » (excuse the bad Russian):
 
 
 
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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #38 on: January 12, 2012, 09:10:10 PM »
The Lockheed Martin QF-35D Lightning II UCAV:

 

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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #39 on: January 12, 2012, 09:11:03 PM »
The Sukhoi Su-27RV « Flanker-Q »:

 

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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #40 on: January 12, 2012, 09:12:15 PM »
The Bell 459 Marine Cobra UAV:

 
 

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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #41 on: January 12, 2012, 09:13:07 PM »
The Raytheon YQT-6E Texas Twister:

 
 

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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #42 on: January 12, 2012, 09:13:59 PM »
The Lockheed XQ-6 (based upon the LeVier Cosmic Wind):
 

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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #43 on: January 12, 2012, 09:14:44 PM »
The Vought XKD6U-1 Plunderer (based upon the F6U Pirate):

 

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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #44 on: January 12, 2012, 09:15:45 PM »
The Northrop P-800 Viper (based upon the YF-17 Cobra):


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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #45 on: January 13, 2012, 02:39:32 AM »
The Raytheon YQT-6E Texas Twister:

 


WAIT!  Why...  ::)

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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #46 on: January 13, 2012, 02:42:04 AM »
To train of course....gotta train those electronics...

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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #47 on: January 13, 2012, 02:46:30 AM »
To train of course....gotta train those electronics...

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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #48 on: January 13, 2012, 09:34:41 AM »
The Bell 459 Marine Cobra UAV:
It would probably need a larger fairing where the canopy is now to hold the necessary avionics for unmanned operation (either UAV or UCAV).

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Re: Uninhabited and Unafraid, (UCAV, UAV, and Drone Aircraft)
« Reply #49 on: January 15, 2012, 06:12:36 AM »
Evil...

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