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Re: Apophenia's Offerings
« Reply #525 on: October 01, 2012, 07:24:49 PM »
I see some definite P-75 influence there:



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Re: Apophenia's Offerings
« Reply #526 on: October 01, 2012, 09:13:45 PM »
Is that your finger in the photo, Greg?

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« Reply #527 on: October 02, 2012, 03:49:54 AM »
Inspirational as usual !
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Re: Apophenia's Offerings
« Reply #528 on: October 02, 2012, 05:13:18 AM »
Is that your finger in the photo, Greg?


Err...yes... :-[

Here are some more I took:







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Re: Apophenia's Offerings
« Reply #529 on: October 02, 2012, 07:49:49 AM »
Thanks folks. And well-spotted on the P-75 influence Greg (partly for the extra nose guns ... I mean, what self-respecting über-fighter would only carry 6 x .50-cals?!)

It looks like it's out on the starboard wing to me (= asymetric layout ;) )  Obviously it'd need an exposed drive-shaft across to the fuselage then a V-drive up to the prop !!

Or is it actually a twin-boomer with cross shaft drives?  >:D
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Re: Apophenia's Offerings
« Reply #530 on: October 02, 2012, 08:48:19 AM »
Is that your finger in the photo, Greg?


Err...yes... :-[

Here are some more I took:




What's that big white thing in the back ground?  ;D
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« Reply #531 on: October 02, 2012, 09:48:58 AM »

What's that big white thing in the back ground?  ;D

I'd like to know, too!
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« Reply #532 on: October 02, 2012, 11:09:07 AM »
It's the Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142A transport-turned-demonstrator. Under the Defence Production Sharing Agreement, the US was to develop a 4-engined  tiltwing transport (the C-142A) while Canada developed a 2-engined  tiltwing transport (the Canadair CL-84 Dynavert)
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Re: Apophenia's Offerings
« Reply #533 on: October 02, 2012, 11:42:50 AM »
It looks like it's out on the starboard wing to me (= asymetric layout ;) )  Obviously it'd need an exposed drive-shaft across to the fuselage then a V-drive up to the prop !!
Or is it actually a twin-boomer with cross shaft drives?  >:D
If it were a twin-boomer with 2 fins and 2 engines, I guess there would be contrarotating propellers in the nose, no?

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Re: Apophenia's Offerings
« Reply #534 on: October 03, 2012, 12:28:37 AM »
It's the Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142A transport-turned-demonstrator. Under the Defence Production Sharing Agreement, the US was to develop a 4-engined  tiltwing transport (the C-142A) while Canada developed a 2-engined  tiltwing transport (the Canadair CL-84 Dynavert)

Or possibly the XB-70 if that is the big thing referred to...
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« Reply #535 on: October 03, 2012, 02:00:31 AM »
It's the Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142A transport-turned-demonstrator. Under the Defence Production Sharing Agreement, the US was to develop a 4-engined  tiltwing transport (the C-142A) while Canada developed a 2-engined  tiltwing transport (the Canadair CL-84 Dynavert)

Or possibly the XB-70 if that is the big thing referred to...

I was being facetious.  >:D

I didn't know about the shared developed between the CL-84 and C-142.

The XC-142 is cool but I do need to bow before the XB-70 and kiss the tires one more time before I die.  :-*
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« Reply #536 on: October 03, 2012, 10:49:34 AM »
Or possibly the XB-70 if that is the big thing referred to...

Ah, sorry, I have a blind spot for those unfortunate airframes bereft of propellers.

I didn't know about the shared developed between the CL-84 and C-142.

There wasn't any real technology sharing going on. The DPSA was about avoiding duplicated production efforts between US and Canadian aerospace firms. (The Defence Development Sharing Arrangement was separate agreement meant to give Canadian industry access to US technology but, as far as I've been able to tell, had no effect on Canadian tiltwing design.)

Since LTV had the lead on their 'large' tiltwing design, Canadair abandoned development of its equivalent (the CL-64 which used up to 8 engines in pairs). Instead, the Canadair team under Karlis Irbitis focused on smaller tiltwing designs -- the recce CL-73/CL-74 and the CL-84 (which started out as a DHC Beaver-sized utility aircraft).
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« Reply #537 on: October 03, 2012, 10:50:27 AM »
I'm keen on buried mid-engines for fighters. But are they enough?
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« Reply #538 on: October 03, 2012, 11:24:06 AM »
Was your Fw190 a forefather of the Arsenal VB-10 or a derivative? Nice anyway... :-*

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« Reply #539 on: October 03, 2012, 01:28:39 PM »
I'm keen on buried mid-engines for fighters. But are they enough?

That's quite the Fw-190 concept, but that intake duct along the side for the second engine is going to be a huge drag penalty.

Could you not just design the underbelly radiator housing in such a way that the intake could be incorporated into it?
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« Reply #540 on: October 08, 2012, 06:25:43 AM »
That's quite the Fw-190 concept, but that intake duct along the side for the second engine is going to be a huge drag penalty.

Could you not just design the underbelly radiator housing in such a way that the intake could be incorporated into it?

Yep, that'd be a nice, simple solution 'north! I was originally thinking a Jumo 213 in front and a DB603 in the centre. Luftwaffe erks would've loved that!
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« Reply #541 on: October 08, 2012, 06:26:56 AM »
A few more Mosquito prequels ...

The DH.92 Destroyer (bottom) was de Havilland's late submission to P.23/35. De Havilland argued that a airframe of non-strategic wooden construction was a better use of resources. The Air Ministry preferred the all-metal Fairey Battle. The Destroyer recycled the designation of the abandoned DH.92 Dolphin.

The DH.96TF Decimator was another late entry ... this time to F.9/35 for a 2-seat, 4-gun turret fighter. The DH.96 Dragonet fighter airframe was adapted for the job. Again, the AM preferred an all-metal design as its Demon replacement (the Boulton-Paul Defiant because of its superior turret installation).

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Re: Apophenia's Offerings
« Reply #542 on: October 08, 2012, 11:27:40 AM »
Raafif's Corsair rearrangements got me musing ...
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What if that honker of an engine was put in the middle?

Looks like a cleaner job than the Piaggio P.119 which also put an air-cooled radial in the middle.

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Re: Apophenia's Offerings
« Reply #543 on: October 08, 2012, 11:37:41 AM »
Your DH.92 and 96TF are nice addition to the family of British planes of the 1930s, thanks. :)

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« Reply #544 on: October 10, 2012, 11:22:25 AM »
In 1935 Vought bought rights to the all-metal Northrop 3A fighter which it developed as the V-141 for a USAAC competition. But Vought had as little success with the V-141 through V-150 lineage as had Northrop.

In 1937, the Vought design team responsible for the V-156 divebomber sought the chance to draught a naval fighter of its own. The result was the V-160 using the same construction techniques as production SB2Us as well as sharing some components.

The US Navy and its Bureau of Aeronautics liked the V-160 design but had reservations over its narrow wheel track (resulting from adopting a reduced-span SB2U centre section). In a re-design, Vought changed the centre section to a reversed gull configuration which also gave more deck clearance for the P&W R-1830's propeller.

The BuAer re-assigned the designation of the 1933 XF3U 2-seat fighter to the new single-seater. However, the XF3U-2 concept was eclipsed by another bent-wing design -- the V-166A Corsair.
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Re: Apophenia's Offerings
« Reply #545 on: October 10, 2012, 12:14:06 PM »
I've always loved the Vought V-141 and V-143, so any more along this like will get a big thumbs up from me!

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« Reply #546 on: October 10, 2012, 06:34:44 PM »
Very nice concept. I like it!

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« Reply #547 on: October 11, 2012, 12:16:01 PM »
Great additions to the Corsair family... ;)

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« Reply #548 on: October 12, 2012, 08:14:14 AM »
That's quite the Fw-190 concept, but that intake duct along the side for the second engine is going to be a huge drag penalty.

Could you not just design the underbelly radiator housing in such a way that the intake could be incorporated into it?

Yep, that'd be a nice, simple solution 'north! I was originally thinking a Jumo 213 in front and a DB603 in the centre. Luftwaffe erks would've loved that!
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... or just use separate supercharger intakes for each engine ala the Do 335. ;D

The side entry to the scroll of the standard fore-and-aft arranged German superchargers would
mean turning the air through 90° if you used a bottom intake



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« Reply #549 on: October 12, 2012, 09:49:19 AM »
Logan: I'm a V-141 fan too. I was tempted to do an F3U on Kingfisher floats but decided that was too obvious.

Jon: The Dornier engineers cheated by reversing their rear engine  ;)

Today's post isn't so much a whif as might-have-beens. The Fokker D.XXII (ontwerp 150 and 151) were outgrowths of the fixed-gear D.XXI fighter. I've put the 150 in operational colours and marked the 151 as a prototype (could the Dutch have got access to Merlins in 1939?)
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