Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: raafif on January 12, 2023, 10:36:18 AM
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Some ideas for Airfix's new 1/48th Gannet if you're game ...
(http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j340/ysi_maniac/Drawing/TurboAvenger_FR_UK.jpg)
a few below would make good fodder for the old Frogavo kits.
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RAN FAA COIN conversion over Vietnam?
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:smiley:
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Gun turret in rear cockpit, conventional bombs in weapons bay and underwings and camouflage scheme.
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RAN FAA COIN conversion over Vietnam?
That would depend on where it would be used. If operating as part of the "Market Time" coastal interdiction mission it would most likely perform similar tasks to the Martin SP-5 Marlin. This consisted mostly of long flights along the coast line looking for NVN/VIet Cong water craft trying to infiltrate SVN territory.
Another possible mission for the Gannet might be that of surveillance along the HCMT* in Laos and Cambodia carrying the AN/APS-94 SLAR** attached to the fuselage [OV-1 Mohawk SLAR system]. Other surveillance equipment might be an downward looking/viewing IR*** system [AN/UAS-4 "Red Haze" infrared (IR) sensor system], LLLTV****, or NVD*****.
I would imagine that any of the above missions would require additional fuel tanks to be carried under the wings to provide the desired range and endurance. The surveillance equipment would be carried within the confines of the bomb bay (with room to spare for other stores).
*HCMT = Ho Ch Minh Trail
**SLAR = Side-Looking Airborne RADAR
***IR = Infra-Red
****LLLTV * Low-Light-Level Television
*****NVD = Night Vision Device (aka "Starlight Scope)
Links:
Wikipedia > Grumman OV-1 Mohawk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk)
Greg Goebel's Air Vectors > Grumman OV-1 Mohawk (http://www.airvectors.net/avmohawk.html)
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Maybe some civilian applications could be considered:
Firekiller or other airspray applications (Lots of space for tank and spray gear)
Aerial survey (Create a series of sensor pallets that could be clipped into the weapons bay and easily switched out according to the required task)
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Maybe some civilian applications could be considered:
Firekiller or other airspray applications (Lots of space for tank and spray gear)
Aerial survey (Create a series of sensor pallets that could be clipped into the weapons bay and easily switched out according to the required task)
Maybe something of a hybrid between the normal Gannet and the AEW variant to give a single cockpit version but with payload capability:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Gannet_ASW_and_AEW_comparison.png)
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Looks like its got a very large Lycoming up front !
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a Twin-Gannet would be nice to have on the "Shelf of Puzzlement".
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a Twin-Gannet would be nice to have on the "Shelf of Puzzlement".
Is inspiration-reason to build one :smiley:
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Shouldn't that be "quad-Gannet"? ??? As the Gannet was powered by the twin-Mamba. ;)