Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: GTX_Admin on March 09, 2015, 04:36:50 PM
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(http://www.contactmagazine.com/Issue79/RearCover.jpg)
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(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e59/cancze/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF7006.jpg) (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/cancze/media/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF7006.jpg.html)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e59/cancze/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF7005.jpg) (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/cancze/media/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF7005.jpg.html)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e59/cancze/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF7002.jpg) (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/cancze/media/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF7002.jpg.html)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e59/cancze/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF7000.jpg) (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/cancze/media/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF7000.jpg.html)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e59/cancze/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF6998.jpg) (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/cancze/media/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF6998.jpg.html)
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Figured this was as good a place as any to put this
The Blackburn triplane of 1917, made for anti-Zeppelin duty only one made as far as I can find , only tested for one month before being written off as useless. First pusher tripe fighter that I have seen.
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not sure of the point of this ...... airborne train .....
video here https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=880628318649999&fref=nf (https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=880628318649999&fref=nf)
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lovely things here :)
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Figured this was as good a place as any to put this
The Blackburn triplane of 1917, made for anti-Zeppelin duty only one made as far as I can find , only tested for one month before being written off as useless. First pusher tripe fighter that I have seen.
Designed by Harris Booth and it shared many basic design features with the A.D Scout aka "Sparrow"
Zeppelin fighter he had designed while at the Air Department of the Admiralty. Four "Sparrow" were
built by Blackburn for the Department.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/A.D._Scout_Sparrow_ExCC.jpg)
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lots of strange but true French oddities - including land & sea - on this page ! ....
http://modelarchives.free.fr/Bestiaire (http://modelarchives.free.fr/Bestiaire)
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A jet biplane: The Screamin' Sasquatch jet powered Waco Biplane:
(http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/0d/92/0002920d_big.jpeg)
(http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/0e/92/0002920e_big.jpeg)
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... another add to the subject...
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I like multi-wings :D
whif Caproni opened an Australian factory for Sth Pacific manufacturing / sales ?
(http://www.masedomani.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Caproni-Ca-60.jpg)
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If you build it, I expect to see it fully rigged!! ;D
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And we will only accept a vacuform kit... ;)
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hard to see but the Ca.60 did have a canard hydro-foil on the nose - purpose ?
(http://www.strangevehicles.com/images/content/134669.jpg)
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Are those hydrofoils, or gangplanks?
If they really are hyrdofoils, I presume their purpose is to prevent the nose digging in during large power additions or deceleration.
Chuck
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(http://news.larryniven.net/concordance/graphix/DolphinSpacesuitAS.jpg)
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Dolphin EVA Spacesuit
Finally a more sensible use of economic stimulus program funds.
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([url]http://news.larryniven.net/concordance/graphix/DolphinSpacesuitAS.jpg[/url])
David Brin, Startide Rising, Uplift War etc?
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Ca. 60 nose-foils and floats were designed by hydrofoil pioneer Guidoni, so the probable use of the nose foils
was as guessed, to prevent the nose from digging in.
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(http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j339/arkonkill/45B8007E-C700-4B71-9B29-37203686ADFE_zps3zbew68q.jpg) (http://s1080.photobucket.com/user/arkonkill/media/45B8007E-C700-4B71-9B29-37203686ADFE_zps3zbew68q.jpg.html)
My son just got this hot wheels police helicopter and I thought someone here might just really like it.
I just think it is weird. ;D
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I just think it is weird. ;D
Agreed...though also attractive...in its own weird way... ;D
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([url]http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j339/arkonkill/45B8007E-C700-4B71-9B29-37203686ADFE_zps3zbew68q.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://s1080.photobucket.com/user/arkonkill/media/45B8007E-C700-4B71-9B29-37203686ADFE_zps3zbew68q.jpg.html[/url])
My son just got this hot wheels police helicopter and I thought someone here might just really like it.
I just think it is weird. ;D
Agreed...though also attractive...in its own weird way... ;D
It begs to be built as a propper model, though. ;)
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They did it for real ! :o
B-23 Dragon contra-prop .....
(http://s6.postimg.org/rghyf3ewh/BKA_985_BS_F.jpg)
French B-26 Marauder jet .....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/johnwem/12291817_10205024097833493_6993805697973908004_o_zpsldbmjk6h.jpg)
(http://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/aircraft-pictures/277132d1416399679t-martin-26-marauder-b26_11_b-26g-43-34584-wbxm-du-cev-jpg)
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:o Is a shocker !
As if kitbashing in 1/1 scale
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They did it for real ! :o
French B-26 Marauder jet .....
([url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/johnwem/12291817_10205024097833493_6993805697973908004_o_zpsldbmjk6h.jpg[/url])
([url]http://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/aircraft-pictures/277132d1416399679t-martin-26-marauder-b26_11_b-26g-43-34584-wbxm-du-cev-jpg[/url])
Wow. Gotta build this. :) :)
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Wow. Gotta build this. :) :)
Please do.
Mixed propulsion aircraft have a character of their own. A few can be found in archives of BTS.
Back in the days (years) remember seeing 50s photo of F-80 with wing tip ramjets. Picture that stuck with me. Then came the 10-engined B-36 :-*
Mixed propulsion can be GB topic.
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Yep, ATAR testbed:
(http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww291/joncarrfarrelly/B26_ATAR_01.jpg)
BTW things like this can be used to start a thread. ;)
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Wow. Gotta build this. :) :)
Please do.
Mixed propulsion aircraft have a character of their own. A few can be found in archives of BTS.
Back in the days (years) remember seeing 50s photo of F-80 with wing tip ramjets. Picture that stuck with me. Then came the 10-engined B-36 :-*
Mixed propulsion can be GB topic.
I have two piston engine aircraft builds on the go which will have Marquardt ramjets. Maybe I'll finish them as part of the Clear The Bench GB.
(http://q-zon-fighterplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/North-American-P-51D-Mustang-Ramjets.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/NxPu7iv.jpg)
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BTW things like this can be used to start a thread. ;)
Indeed...or put in an existing thread such as:
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=965.0 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=965.0) for the B-23 variant
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1111.msg67156#msg67156 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1111.msg67156#msg67156) for the B-26 variant (or start a dedicated B-26 thread)
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=988.0 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=988.0) for the Mustang variants
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Designated as Sigma-4...
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I like...I think
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(http://users.skynet.be/lostplanes.net/MkInoseconvertedtocar.jpg)
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pity it's no longer a car ..... but most parts are now flying :)
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(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kO6xh1ixt_0/Tx7uCTX7hRI/AAAAAAAAAu4/eNOybzRuTwo/s1600/soldier-on-donkey.jpg)
The MK.1 Mobile Utility Longrange Exo-transport (MULE)
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([url]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kO6xh1ixt_0/Tx7uCTX7hRI/AAAAAAAAAu4/eNOybzRuTwo/s1600/soldier-on-donkey.jpg[/url])
The MK.1 Mobile Utility Longrange Exo-transport (MULE)
Sorry, but you're mistaken, that's a Distant Orientation Non-Kinetic Exo-transport (Young). (DONKEY). Aka, Assault Sedan (Straddled).
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([url]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kO6xh1ixt_0/Tx7uCTX7hRI/AAAAAAAAAu4/eNOybzRuTwo/s1600/soldier-on-donkey.jpg[/url])
The MK.1 Mobile Utility Longrange Exo-transport (MULE)
Sorry, but you're mistaken, that's a Distant Orientation Non-Kinetic Exo-transport (Young). (DONKEY). Aka, Assault Sedan (Straddled).
Sounds like a jacka$$ to me!
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([url]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kO6xh1ixt_0/Tx7uCTX7hRI/AAAAAAAAAu4/eNOybzRuTwo/s1600/soldier-on-donkey.jpg[/url])
The MK.1 Mobile Utility Longrange Exo-transport (MULE)
Sorry, but you're mistaken, that's a Distant Orientation Non-Kinetic Exo-transport (Young). (DONKEY). Aka, Assault Sedan (Straddled).
Sounds like a jacka$$ to me!
You're referring to the proposed Just Another Common Kinetic Assault Support System, I presume?
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([url]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kO6xh1ixt_0/Tx7uCTX7hRI/AAAAAAAAAu4/eNOybzRuTwo/s1600/soldier-on-donkey.jpg[/url])
The MK.1 Mobile Utility Longrange Exo-transport (MULE)
Sorry, but you're mistaken, that's a Distant Orientation Non-Kinetic Exo-transport (Young). (DONKEY). Aka, Assault Sedan (Straddled).
Sounds like a jacka$$ to me!
You're referring to the proposed Just Another Common Kinetic Assault Support System, I presume?
We have a winner!!!!!
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Cool...but don't expect to see it anytime soon:
https://youtu.be/07nU_BS92XI
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Cool...but don't expect to see it anytime soon:
https://youtu.be/07nU_BS92XI
Certainly a gimmick to make long distance flights more interesting. Maybe the next step up will be to offer a bed under the blister so that the mile-high club can have a fresh start :)
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Was watching a program on the Smithsonian channel about the A-10, and in a background shot during the Paris air show during the '70's you could see this aircraft, anyone know what it is?
(http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j339/arkonkill/689782C8-F5B6-409F-8FE5-0AB449CA69C9_zpsvnsqcdlb.jpg) (http://s1080.photobucket.com/user/arkonkill/media/689782C8-F5B6-409F-8FE5-0AB449CA69C9_zpsvnsqcdlb.jpg.html)
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NORD 500.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=nord+500&qpvt=nord+500&qpvt=nord+500&qpvt=nord+500&FORM=IGRE (https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=nord+500&qpvt=nord+500&qpvt=nord+500&qpvt=nord+500&FORM=IGRE)
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Thanks jcf ! 👍🍻
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You can get a 1/72 kit of it too, though it does take some effort as this page (http://maquette72.free.fr/amis/Gaetan/2013_33_nord500cadet/index_ao33.php) shows.
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Did you notice the safety glasses? That is so you do not stab yourself in the eyes when trying to build a Unicraft kit as you never seem to make any progress. >:D
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One for Brian - get a load of those spats!!
(http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/SincoSafe/Couzinet150.jpg)
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Nice! But we need a Couzinet 151 with the Arc-en-Ciel's swoopy tailfin :D
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Anyone else feel that the wing engines were an after thought?
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/CMSF/DAR-4_1930s_Bulgarian_zps22987712.jpg~original)
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Exhaust systems look to be, too, and they haven't even bothered considering cowlings. Talk about "built-in drag".
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Its actually a Bulgarian airliner prototype. Unsurprisingly only one was built due to disappointing performance. Here is another photo:
(http://www.aviastar.org/pictures/bulgaria/dar-4.jpg)
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Anyone else think that this looks like a 1:1 parts bin bash?
(http://sportysnetwork.com/airfacts/wp-content/blogs.dir/13/files/2013/04/Avtek-400.jpg)
BTW, its the Avtek 400, a prototype turboprop-powered business aircraft developed in the United States in the early 1980s. In 1998, Avtek declared bankruptcy without the prototype having completed testing.
Here is an image of what they were aiming for:
(https://aerospaceblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/4486250552_121f945e3f.jpg)
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BTW, its the Avtek 400, a prototype turboprop-powered business aircraft developed in the United States in the early 1980s. In 1998, Avtek declared bankruptcy without the prototype having completed testing.
Airplane with shoulder pads! 1980s you say? That explains a lot. Cocaine is a hell of a drug...
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Sucks and blows at the same time
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Early spats for Brian:
(https://oldmachinepress.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/coanda-1911-monoplane-front.jpg)
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One definitely for Tophe:
(http://www.oocities.org/asymmetrics/images/sycamore.jpg)
Mach 2 airliner design study by the Handley Page company in 1959. Up to 150 passengers (plus fuel and baggage) were carried within a wing that was conceived to be slewed to either 72 degrees for high speed flight or 25 degrees for low speed. The crew was accommodated in a small cabin at the “forward” tip of the wing counterbalanced by a quite tall fin at the other. The four podded jet engines rotate in flight.
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:smiley:
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That's just weird! :-\
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Looks like a variation of Thunderbird 1
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Engine with wings and cockpit stuck on as an afterthought...
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Engine with wings and cockpit stuck on as an afterthought...
And, maybe, a 30 second run time of the engine (nowhere for fuel).
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(http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/aircraft-pictures/192961d1329512156t-frustated-projects-quizz-bbb-img.jpg)
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tsrjoe is working on a Sycamore model, he was considering 1/72. ;D
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HP. Sycamore 8)
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:smiley:
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Giant French seaplanes.
With deck guns.
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e5/5c/3f/e55c3fdb6fa5e5fad5925db9643861a6.jpg)
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The story is here: https://books.google.com/books?id=HykDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA2&pg=PA61#v=onepage&q&f=false
;)
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4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron (Red Eagles)
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26372/usaf-mini-documentary-takes-you-behind-the-scenes-of-its-top-secret-cold-war-mig-squadron (http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26372/usaf-mini-documentary-takes-you-behind-the-scenes-of-its-top-secret-cold-war-mig-squadron)
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More wings...
Pemberton Billing P.B.31E Nighthawk from 1916 which was fitted with a Lewis gun on the nose mounting and a recoilless Davis gun in the upper gun position:
(http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/HI/HI-8/37-1.jpg)(http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/HI/HI-8/37-2.jpg)
(http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/HI/HI-8/31-2.jpg)(http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/HI/HI-8/35-3.jpg)
(http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/HI/HI-8/37-3.jpg)(http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/HI/HI-8/31-1.jpg)
Click images to see bigger versions.
Might be tempted to do something inspired by this for the Brian da Basher/Brian Perri Memorial GB since it is appropriately 'wacky' enough to make Brian smile.
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Where's Dick Dastardley when you need him . . . ;D
Shame there's no kit available, would make a cracking One Wing Quadruplane . . .
cheers,
Robin.
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Where's Dick Dastardley when you need him . . . ;D
Shame there's no kit available, would make a cracking One Wing Quadruplane . . .
cheers,
Robin.
You could halve the wings & make ... (Shock! Horror!) ... a BIPLANE! :o
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Where's the fun in that?
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Where's Dick Dastardley when you need him . . . ;D
Shame there's no kit available, would make a cracking One Wing Quadruplane . . .
cheers,
Robin.
You could halve the wings & make ... (Shock! Horror!) ... a BIPLANE! :o
Now that's just dirty talk . . . :o ;D
cheers,
Robin.
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(https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/5fbeIAJCOZ2tWZFbEW-cR6-T5ic=/800x600/filters:no_upscale()/https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/201204100910331927-june-science-and-invention-470x251.jpg)(http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/files/2012/04/1927-june-science-and-invention-bottom-sm1.jpg)
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Well, that's a different approach to Medevac.
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([url]http://www.contactmagazine.com/Issue79/RearCover.jpg[/url])
How about a separate thread just for Reno Air Racers?
Then we can further sub-thread into: biplane, Formula One, AT-6, Sport and Unlimited classes.
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How about a separate thread just for Reno Air Racers?
Then we can further sub-thread into: biplane, Formula One, AT-6, Sport and Unlimited classes.
You were saying... (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=6447.0;all)
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/felio-ranger-sp-2-2-jpg.615428/)
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Well, that's a different take on the shrouded propeller concept.
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Three-point landings only in that puppy! :o
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/felio-sp-2-prototype-with-shrouded-propeller-1931-1933.10051/ (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/felio-sp-2-prototype-with-shrouded-propeller-1931-1933.10051/)
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Defiant-X compound helicopters
(http://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2021/01/SIKORSKY-BOEING-FLRAA.Lift_.Formation.01.wide_.4K-768x432.jpg)
From
FVL: Don’t Pick The Tiltrotor, V-22 Test Pilot Tells Army
https://breakingdefense.com/2021/04/fvl-dont-pick-the-tiltrotor-v-22-test-pilot-tells-army
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I've always felt that the compound helicopters like that reminded me of a collaboration between Kamov and Piasecki's last company. I see the points that article raised, but I have to wonder at how complex the transmissions will be for compound helicopter and how reliable. Bell at least has a lot of experience there to draw on and some of Sikorsky's problems with transmissions (S-92, IIRC) make one wonder.
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(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2d/23/74/2d23748ca32161dd1abc0a1409e8358c.jpg)
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?!?!?!?! :o 8) ??? :-*
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It's the Tu-154M ejection seat testbed used by the IMAI in Iran.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/iiqbsa/the_iranian_aircraft_manufacturing_industry_tu154/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/iiqbsa/the_iranian_aircraft_manufacturing_industry_tu154/)
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(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2d/23/74/2d23748ca32161dd1abc0a1409e8358c.jpg)
Do s that fly off by itself looking me the top section of the fighter from Terrahawks?!!
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ALCO Liner
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/j340/ysi_maniac/AlcoLiner(2).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/ysi_maniac/a/caec78e4-057f-4fe9-82f4-083a43455765/p/2f1fe1f7-35e0-4dc9-ac49-5be8bc18bb59)
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There's ugly and then there is this:
(https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/sync/C5627AQFiEOeMmL17Ig/articleshare-shrink_800/0/1631390590429?e=1631556000&v=beta&t=tmI3JyIDvpeaz1pA0wh2CnyQlUYs9p-g-PsYWFuNS24)
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What? They ran out of different noses to put on it at once? ???
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Is what happens when government gets involved. :'(
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Hmmmm….. Finally used those spare parts from the back corner of the hanger.
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(https://img5.goodfon.com/wallpaper/nbig/9/93/nakajima-g10n-morskoi-eksperimentalnyi-tiazhiolyi-bombardiro.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_G10N
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Hello all you model companies. Who will release this in 1/72 ? ? ?
Consider it flip side of Luft 46 coin.
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Erm! over New York ???
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Erm! over New York ???
They've already taken the West Coast, these have flown in from Seattle! ;D ;D ;)
PS: The lack of AAA & intercepting fighters indicates the end of the USA may be in sight or even passed.
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Maybe something from "The Man in the High Castle"?
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Who will release this in 1/72 ? ? ?
Unicraft Models were supposedly doing one but have not seen anything other than the brief mention on their website. There are some 1/144 versions available though.
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Have a failed model?
Here's an excuse to resurrect it as an airframe being ground transported.
(https://i.redd.it/x3wle5bdoga81.jpg)
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You know, when I first looked at this picture, I thought it was a replica of a dinosaur . . . :o :-[
cheers,
Robin.
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That's a neat one - this is how the first Australian MRH90s turned up:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/new%20one/.highres/MRH001.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/new%20one/.highres/MRH004.jpg)
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........ And probably how they will be shipped off now they are earmarked for replacement.
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Maybe...or in a "buyer has to transport them" configuration...or in parts... 8)
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(https://preview.redd.it/av079f5zj7b81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b6c6cbb4af289bac4a08b6af933a0daf6cf3ec82)
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Maybe something from "The Man in the High Castle"?
First overflight was on September 18th 1946
https://the-man-in-the-high-castle.fandom.com/wiki/VA_Day#:~:text=Victory%20in%20America%20Day%2C%20or%20simply%20VA%20Day%2C,forces%20%22liberated%22%20the%20United%20States%20of%20America.%20Overview
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(https://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Flight-Issue-8-August-1941.jpg)
CFBV
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Now there is a build concept !
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wrecked a kit or only got half of one ??
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There's a couple of companies that do a Link Trainer kit, here's one of them
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So whifish! I love it! :-* :-*
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Free 1/24th scale card model from Ralph Currell:
https://currell.net/models/trainer.htm
(https://currell.net/graphics/models/gallery/adimiero_trainer_c.jpg)
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Free 1/24th scale card model from Ralph Currell:
https://currell.net/models/trainer.htm
Wow! That's impressive :smiley:
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Stumbled over this on ETSY by CreativeTimeWasting, really neat way to display a kit.
(https://i.etsystatic.com/30952251/r/il/79b570/3217696030/il_794xN.3217696030_oyhm.jpg)
(https://i.etsystatic.com/30952251/r/il/d44628/3265314937/il_794xN.3265314937_1l0y.jpg)
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I get the feeling the modeller thinks his/her painting may be better than his/her building. ;)
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Talk about an "out of the box build".
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I get the feeling the modeller thinks his/her painting may be better than his/her building. ;)
;D
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First you need to find a kit with all the pieces still attached to the sprue!
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I've seen numerous variations on that theme, some better than others, in this case making the decision
to use the instruction sheets as a background was a mistake. The result is far too busy and detracts from
the effect.
IMHO the Zero is covered with far too much schmutz, the carrier based aircraft used in the Pearl Harbor
attack were all relatively new and maintained to an almost fanatical extent by the IJNAS ground crews.
But at least they didn't cover it with exaggerated paint chipping, I've seen more than one model of
an early war service Zero so chipped to hell it looks like a beat up Imperial Army fighter circa 1944.
:-X
Sorry folks the IJN aircraft built for shipboard service simply didn't chip like wartime IJA aircraft or
the land-based IJN types that were never intended for ship-board service. Like the USN and FAA the
IJN had very stringent metal protection and paint standards for shipborne aircraft, also the reality is
that their paint was no worse than that of any of the other major combatants and the lacquers were
actually better than those of their opposition. Japan had an old tradition of using lacquer to protect
metal and actively pursued using modern chemistry to create coatings with the same effectiveness
as the traditional plant sap lacquer. They succeeded admirably as I can attest from handling original
Zero airframe relics where the transparent blue-green* aotake is still tenaciously adhering to the
aluminum.
*the colour shifts over time and exposure, the areas that had been exposed to the air were more
green, the areas that were under riveted lap joints since construction were far more blue and the
colour is quite intense.
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Found this while looking for something else, lots of neat details on the Comanche from the 'horses' mouth'
https://www.sikorskyarchives.com/RAH-66%20COMANCHE.php (https://www.sikorskyarchives.com/RAH-66%20COMANCHE.php)
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Found this while looking for something else, lots of neat details on the Comanche from the 'horses' mouth'
https://www.sikorskyarchives.com/RAH-66%20COMANCHE.php (https://www.sikorskyarchives.com/RAH-66%20COMANCHE.php)
Remember LHX studies and pictures from time at Boeing in 1980s.
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Pulqui backgrounder video by Mark Felton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXo9koa9MbA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXo9koa9MbA)
Frank's build from a decade ago http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=161.msg1465#msg1465 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=161.msg1465#msg1465)
apophenia's artwork http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=351.msg154249#msg154249 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=351.msg154249#msg154249)
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Free 1/24th scale card model from Ralph Currell:
https://currell.net/models/trainer.htm
(https://currell.net/graphics/models/gallery/adimiero_trainer_c.jpg)
Great idea for a model, the Link Trainer was more important to the war effort than some aircraft that actually served.
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new Schneider races ?
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(https://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Flight-Issue-8-August-1941.jpg)
CFBV
A different pack under a C-120 or a modified Constellation?
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new Schneider races ?
Oh. I missed that before.
Are you aware of the "Speedbirds" designs and books?
https://www.sjanindesign.com/speedbirds (https://www.sjanindesign.com/speedbirds)
.... oh, looks like the Speedbirds 1: Schneider Trophy book has got a bit pricey on Amazon.
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From a Canadian site ... NZ idea for a training aircraft !!
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(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/2a/fa/fd/2afafd83497ea6fa80d572ea474e5902.jpg)
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Enough kits and parts around to build something similar.
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:smiley:
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(https://preview.redd.it/40qgrmvv6pm01.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c3f7382a89639c80c0966ccc877c0564f9d020ca)
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(https://preview.redd.it/40qgrmvv6pm01.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c3f7382a89639c80c0966ccc877c0564f9d020ca)
Those engines look small enough to be electric motors. Where’s the batteries?
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the cover art shows exhaust smoke from the engines so I expect mini-turboprops ? Those side fins block a fair bit of the pilots vision to the sides - way to focus his attention on what's in front not what's coming at him from behind ! ;D
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Here's a not great scan of the issue "Mechanix Illustrated" October 1952 (https://archive.org/details/sim_todays-homeowner-solutions_1952-10_47_6/page/64/mode/2up) Less than 6" wingspan in 1/72, slightly less than 12" in 1/35, 12.75" in 1/32
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Small gas turbines.
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According to the article:
This is no aerial baby buggy, however. With a gross weight of nearly 5,000 pounds, the duo-mono T-1 lifts 1,850 pounds of armor and armament and carries fuel for one hour. Its twin gas turbines, also armored, swing 12-foot propellers and drive the little fighter through the air at better than 150 mph. The pilot is completely enclosed in plastiglass armor and bulletproof glass. He is armed with six .30 caliber machine guns in the lower wing roots, sixteen 3-inch rockets in twin automatic launchers and 250 pounds of bombs of various types.
Plus a radar and a bucket load of nonsense.
It is the duo-mono wing arrangement invented in France and sponsored in this country by the Pardel Development Corporation of New York. Looking like a cross between a widely staggered biplane and a tandemwing setup, the two duo-mono lifting surfaces function as a single slotted wing. Four basic advantages are claimed for the duomono principle.
The "Pardel Development Corporation" probably never existed. This may just be another Mechanix Illustrated fantasy design.
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F5fo3B3WYAAPyAj?format=jpg&name=small)
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I really dont get the point of this "armour", all it would take to make an aircraft unairworthy is is a single shard of shrapnel puncturing any number of sensitive parts of the aircraft. Unless they completely bury the plane in tires it's not going to be possible to protect it from a drone attack ???
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They're putting tires on aircraft that are not airworthy, trying to fool the Ukrainians into bombing them. There are satellite pictures of Tu-95s without props and missing other parts, with tires on them.
But - just to be sure they should take out off of them.
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Frank3K has this for free to US modellers ....
(https://i.imgur.com/wJJLz8h.jpg)
Boy !!, would that make a great VTOL fighter for the USN circa 1947 ! (AKA Secret Projects).
Anyone know where I can get four plastic carrots ?