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Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Engineering Dept. => Topic started by: Rafael on April 01, 2012, 11:50:42 AM

Title: Podded Weapon Bays
Post by: Rafael on April 01, 2012, 11:50:42 AM

Thought food for those builds waaay beyond....

As far back as the F8U Bearcat
(http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q14/rafaelgonzalez65/STM-SmallTacticalMunitionsWeaponspodbay.jpg)

F-18 Podded HEL
(http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q14/rafaelgonzalez65/F18F18EHELpodconceptONR_100KW_FIBER_POD.jpg)

(http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q14/rafaelgonzalez65/F18F18EHELpodconceptONR_TAA_HEL.jpg)

F-18 Podded Low-Observable Missile Bay
(http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q14/rafaelgonzalez65/StealthAircraftConceptsf18stealthwithweaponsbay-podfa-18ef-ng2.jpg)

(http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q14/rafaelgonzalez65/StealthAircraftConceptsf18stealthwithweaponsbay-podfa-18ef-ng3.jpg)

ALHTK (Air Launched Hit-To-Kill) PAC-3 for F-15

http://youtu.be/OnVHEmROaMM (http://youtu.be/OnVHEmROaMM)

http://youtu.be/zpFkYmwh0SQ (http://youtu.be/zpFkYmwh0SQ)

Rafa

Title: Re: Podded Weapon Bays
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 01, 2012, 12:34:05 PM

Proposed podded weapon bay for HP Victor:

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/CAC23/22e8d3d5.jpg)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/CAC23/f7b35483.jpg)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/CAC23/a40376b5.jpg)

Title: Re: Podded Weapon Bays
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 01, 2012, 12:42:52 PM

Don't forget that the Vickers Wellesley also used weapons pods:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Vickers_Wellesley.png)