Author Topic: Profiling by JP Vieira - New profiles 2017 (Read 455888 times)

JP Vieira · « **Reply #175 on:** January 29, 2012, 05:34:24 AM »

Quote from: GTX_Admin on January 29, 2012, 03:13:36 AM

Quote from: elmayerle on January 29, 2012, 02:06:22 AM
Gorgeous!! Now, just imagine adding the "swallow-wing" tested on Fw-190V19 for higher performance.

Hey, quit looking at my stash and reading my mind - I have the Antares 1/48 conversions for both and was planning on merging them!

Here is general representation of that future build

sotoolslinger · « **Reply #176 on:** January 29, 2012, 06:27:06 AM »

Dang JP your prop to jet conversions are frikken awesome

elmayerle · « **Reply #177 on:** January 29, 2012, 07:53:37 AM »

Quote from: GTX_Admin on January 29, 2012, 03:13:36 AM

Quote from: elmayerle on January 29, 2012, 02:06:22 AM
Gorgeous!! Now, just imagine adding the "swallow-wing" tested on Fw-190V19 for higher performance.

Hey, quit looking at my stash and reading my mind - I have the Antares 1/48 conversions for both and was planning on merging them!

-shrug- I've got Igor's conversions in 1/72 with the same end in mind.

JP Vieira · « **Reply #178 on:** January 30, 2012, 04:31:56 AM »

Thanks for the comments.
I hope to see the plastic FW-190 TL/V19 soon...

JP Vieira · « **Reply #179 on:** January 30, 2012, 04:33:03 AM »

Continuing with the WWII Jets here is the P-51B Mustang

elmayerle · « **Reply #180 on:** January 30, 2012, 05:35:36 AM »

Quote from: JP Vieira on January 30, 2012, 04:33:03 AM

Continuing with the WWII Jets here is the P-51B Mustang

Gorgeous!! I think, though, that you'd need a really heavy armament package in the nose to balance the engine all the way in the back. Too, I'm thinking that you'd want to smooth out the flow of the intake into the engine and fuselage as what you have shows a bit of a sharp break that could cause problems.

Of course, part of me wants to say that the "jet-Mustang" was the FJ-1 Fury.

apophenia · « **Reply #181 on:** January 30, 2012, 07:04:51 AM »

Quote from: elmayerle on January 30, 2012, 05:35:36 AM

... I think, though, that you'd need a really heavy armament package in the nose to balance the engine all the way in the back...

That also gives you more wing space (on the c/g) for fuel -- those early jets were thirsty!

JP Vieira · « **Reply #182 on:** January 30, 2012, 06:12:50 PM »

Thanks for the comments.
Perhaps I can make some of the suggested modifications with the D model (bubble canopy).

JP Vieira · « **Reply #183 on:** January 30, 2012, 06:13:56 PM »

Hello
The Antonov An-75 (NATO codename Cog) was an amphibious version of the An-72.
It featured also a different engine arrangement, with the engine pods placed at the wingtips.
The engine pods could also be pivoted; although this not allowed for a true VTOL aircraft it permitted a very reduced take-off run, making the An-75 a very useful STOL amphibious aircraft.
Here is an example from the Naval Air Arm of Ukraine

JP Vieira · « **Reply #184 on:** January 30, 2012, 07:20:23 PM »

Hello
The D version of the Mustang introduced many improvements for this jet.
The new variant featured a new canopy and back fuselage, a more powerful engine and a redesigned air entrance and a more powerful armament.

JoseFern · « **Reply #185 on:** January 30, 2012, 08:07:42 PM »

Love that An-75 JP!

Doom! · « **Reply #186 on:** January 31, 2012, 01:56:42 AM »

Love the D version Jet Mustang

apophenia · « **Reply #187 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:02:40 AM »

Nice job on the P-51D Jet Mustang. But that tilt-nacelle An-75 Cog is the business!

Rafael · « **Reply #188 on:** January 31, 2012, 10:00:13 AM »

JP, that jet -51D really got me. Can you modify it with the cockpit a little bit forward, á la Mustang FTB?

Rafa

finsrin · « **Reply #189 on:** January 31, 2012, 01:01:39 PM »

Mustang looks killer good. Will a F-18 engine fit? As a tail dragger a pebble on airfield becomes a bullet.

elmayerle · « **Reply #190 on:** January 31, 2012, 01:19:01 PM »

Quote from: finsrin on January 31, 2012, 01:01:39 PM

Mustang looks killer good. Will a F-18 engine fit? As a tail dragger a pebble on airfield becomes a bullet.

A dry F404 might fit as a warbird engine for much later in life. I suspect the original engine would be a small axial flow engine, the fuselage not really allowing room for a centrifugal-flow compressor. I'd hazard a guess at something like a Beryl or a Lockheed L1000, though a small engine from Turbodyne wouldn't be an impossibility.

Empty Handed · « **Reply #191 on:** January 31, 2012, 05:00:44 PM »

The An-75 is inspired!

arc3371 · « **Reply #192 on:** January 31, 2012, 05:40:33 PM »

Quote from: Empty Handed on January 31, 2012, 05:00:44 PM

The An-75 is inspired!

Indeed

JP Vieira · « **Reply #193 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:11:36 PM »

Many thanks for all the comments.
P-51: This used an early jet, but it is very interesting to see what could be fitted at a later stage: thanks for the ideas; maybe a can make a modernized P-51...
An-75: initially I was going to make a full VTOL aircraft but thought that a tilting engine pod could do well for a reasonably STOL

Many thanks :)

JP Vieira · « **Reply #194 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:12:29 PM »

Quote from: Rafael on January 31, 2012, 10:00:13 AM

JP, that jet -51D really got me. Can you modify it with the cockpit a little bit forward, á la Mustang FTB?

Rafa

I will work on it

JP Vieira · « **Reply #195 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:14:51 PM »

Quote from: finsrin on January 31, 2012, 01:01:39 PM

Mustang looks killer good. Will a F-18 engine fit? As a tail dragger a pebble on airfield becomes a bullet.

Hello

This aircraft had a tricycle landing gear; it featured a mall retractable tail wheel only for preventing tail scrapping.

JP Vieira · « **Reply #196 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:17:08 PM »

Hello
The CV-22FC was the “flying Crane “version of the V-22.
It feature a redesigned rear fuselage (or the almost lack of it) and more powerful engines.
This variant was used by several civilian companies and used in a number of heavy lifting tasks (including cargo, firefighting, etc.).
The CV-22FC had the ability to use standardized pods that could be configured to many different missions. The pods could be fitted to any aircraft thanks to the standardized connections and dimensions, allowing for great versatility.
Below we see an example of a medical evacuation pod (US Army) and a command post (US Marines).
There were also specialized pods for electronic warfare, reconnaissance, psychological warfare, etc.

JP Vieira · « **Reply #197 on:** January 31, 2012, 10:21:49 PM »

Quote from: Rafael on January 31, 2012, 10:00:13 AM

JP, that jet -51D really got me. Can you modify it with the cockpit a little bit forward, á la Mustang FTB?

Rafa

Here you go...

JP Vieira · « **Reply #198 on:** January 31, 2012, 10:23:15 PM »

And for my second scenario (Jets engines developed only 20 years latter), how about a early 1950's Mustang...

Rafael · « **Reply #199 on:** February 01, 2012, 01:43:14 AM »

Thanks for the Mustangs, JP! They're all food for thought


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