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Offline taiidantomcat

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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #100 on: January 12, 2013, 03:29:46 PM »
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Kit bash:

CH-54 Skycrane + V-22 Osprey = Tilt-Rotor Skycrane FTW!  ;D

That is something that I'd like to see!

Me too!

That is a fun idea  :) Picturing it now...  :-*
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #101 on: January 12, 2013, 09:45:35 PM »
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #102 on: January 12, 2013, 11:20:46 PM »
^ Neat!  :) How about adapting them to carry standard 20 or 40 ft containers? Might be handy for bringing equipment to remote places. Mining gigs in Canada or Siberia or something like that.
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #103 on: January 13, 2013, 02:55:08 AM »
Oh, that just has to be built!
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #104 on: January 13, 2013, 06:06:58 AM »
Adapting the concept to the realities of how the V-22 goes together (and to workshare between Boeing and Bell) could be interesting; I'm sorely tempted to play with it and see what I can fit together while maintaining existing interfaces.  I would imagine the civil variant could get by without the IR supressors (FWIW, that allows you to use the Hobbycraft nacelles) but with otherwise few differences from the military versions.
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #105 on: February 04, 2013, 10:42:20 AM »
HMX-1 fast becoming reality:



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Could be fun, too, to do a VV-22 in full HMX-One markings.


It's on my "someday" list, but in 1/48. I pick up the Italeri kit every time I'm near a Hobby Lobby and it's 40% or 50% off coupon time.  I have four in the stash right now.  And only one will actually wear USMC squadron markings.
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #106 on: February 04, 2013, 11:49:41 AM »
Yeah, but it'll be in support aircraft markings, not Marine One markings.  Still, it's a step in the right direction and a VV-22 design is being developed for the next submission.
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #107 on: February 04, 2013, 10:48:05 PM »
What's different about the HMX ?
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #108 on: February 05, 2013, 01:37:56 AM »
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What's different about the HMX ?


HMX-1 is the squadron, not the aircraft.  ;)

http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/hmx-1/UnitHome.aspx
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #109 on: February 05, 2013, 01:48:53 AM »
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What's different about the HMX ?


HMX-1 is the squadron, not the aircraft.  ;)

http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/hmx-1/UnitHome.aspx


OKay --- I'll rephrase my question Jon  ---  :D  when ttomcat posted that HMX-1 was nearer reality and then shows a pic of an odd coloured V-22 I thought it was to do with the aircraft.

What's different about the V-22 in the photo to other V-22's?
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #110 on: February 05, 2013, 02:08:23 AM »
It's gonna be glossy dark green with white stripes. ;D

The engine nacelles and vertical tails have already been painted.

It'll perform the same role as the Phrogs.

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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #111 on: February 05, 2013, 02:59:59 AM »
CH-53Es also flew in the same role and markings.  The official Marine One aircraft have white tops to reduce the ECS load (look at their VH-3s and VH-60Ns).
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #112 on: February 05, 2013, 04:50:39 AM »
Quote from: jcf on February 05, 2013, 02:08:23 AM
It's gonna be glossy dark green with white stripes. ;D

The engine nacelles and vertical tails have already been painted.

It'll perform the same role as the Phrogs.


Quote from: elmayerle on February 05, 2013, 02:59:59 AM
CH-53Es also flew in the same role and markings.  The official Marine One aircraft have white tops to reduce the ECS load (look at their VH-3s and VH-60Ns).

A-Ha! things become clearer now, thanks   :)

I've just recently got hold of another CH-53E to use the Marine One decals I got sometime ago.
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #113 on: February 05, 2013, 04:55:12 AM »
Minor factoid: Sikorsky's main plant in Stratford, CT has a dedicated and secured hanger for maintaining the VH helicopters and even the office area for them is carefully secured.  If the VV-22 was to be selected, I wonder if Bell would construct a similar facility at their Amarillo Plant?
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #114 on: February 05, 2013, 06:09:26 AM »
Quote from: elmayerle on February 04, 2013, 11:49:41 AM
Yeah, but it'll be in support aircraft markings, not Marine One markings.  Still, it's a step in the right direction and a VV-22 design is being developed for the next submission.

My version will be a "white-top" VIP transport.

Off topic:I was a tour guide/escort for a group of WWII veterans and one stop was at HMX-1.  Those have to be the cleanest Phrogs and Sh!tt3r$! in the Corps.  Nary a trace of dripping hydraulic fluid to be found...
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #115 on: March 08, 2013, 03:16:20 PM »


Shiny!
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #116 on: March 10, 2013, 05:39:06 AM »
Something new from AgustaWestland:





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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #117 on: March 10, 2013, 05:43:41 AM »
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Something new from AgustaWestland

Wicked!  With that dark canopy it looks like a drone. 
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #118 on: March 10, 2013, 05:57:03 AM »
It does seem a tad light on the stash payload side though... ;)
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #119 on: March 10, 2013, 06:36:23 AM »
'Twould make a nice companion to an EagleEye.
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #120 on: March 10, 2013, 06:50:11 AM »
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Something new from AgustaWestland

Wicked!  With that dark canopy it looks like a drone.

Err ... Jeff, it's an unmanned tech demonstrator for an unmanned electric powered tiltrotor.  ;D

So 'tis indeed a 'drone'.
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #121 on: March 10, 2013, 06:59:06 AM »
Given what Agust-Westland has to have learned from the history and development of what's now the AW609, I imagine they've got the background to do this right.
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #122 on: March 10, 2013, 09:10:14 AM »
Paint it black and give it a payload of 1x Batman!  's all it needs!  :icon_ninja:
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #123 on: March 10, 2013, 09:27:48 AM »
Oh that's cool!
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Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #124 on: March 12, 2013, 10:41:43 AM »
The first HMX-1 MV-22B is now fully painted and looks great!!  Hopefully the official photos will be available soon, the ones I saw were unofficial and "not for distribution" (and I do want to keep this job).
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