Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: GTX_Admin on December 28, 2011, 04:13:07 AM
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Hi folks,
An aircraft I've always liked the look of was the Romanian I.A.R. 80/81 series. It always looked like it had so much potential if only it had a better engine (at the most it had a 14 cylinder radial giving around 1,025 hp) - so what if it was developed further?
(http://www.airpages.ru/draw/iar80a.gif)
(http://ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2005/01/images/profile_iar80_08.jpg)
(http://www.webkits.com.br/news/articlefiles/282-Foto%201.jpg)
Maybe a new engine - say a BMW 801 (1,600 hp - 2,000 hp) or even something like a Jumo 213 (1,725 hp - 2,020 hp)? Perhaps even something Russian - say a Shvetsov ASh-82FN (1,850 hp)?
Armament was as follows:
IAR-80: 4 to 6 Browning FN 7.92mm Machine Guns, or 4 Browning FN 7.92mm Machine Guns and 2 Browning FN 13.2mm Machine Guns.
IAR-81: 6 Browning FN 7.92mm Machine Guns or 4 Brownings and 2 Mauser {or Ikaria} 20mm Cannons.
This is fairly good, though one could always add some 30mm Mk-108s for anti-bomber work - probably in gondolas like the Me-109s.
Other ideas?
Regards,
Greg
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Playing with that engine:
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/More%20Creations/IAR-80J.jpg)
Regards,
Greg
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I always find it interesting when your whiff ideas are validated (or at least partially validated) by the real world:
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/index-33.jpg)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/index-34.jpg)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/index-36.jpg)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/index-35.jpg)
Images sourced from Justo Miranda and lancer21 over on Secretprojects.
Regards,
Greg
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Fixed gear with spats
Cloth wing
Two blade prop
Open cockpit with a faired in headrest.
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:smiley: