Tophe's slanting views

[Kerick]

That's an amazing list of aircraft! Thanks!

[Tophe]

Thanks to you, dreamer!
And here is the complete set, for best protection:

[The Big Gimper]

Thanks!

And here is a Black-Widow with improvement: a little less solid but with a better rear post:

Two engines on one side and fuselage/cockpit on the other? Is that possible?
Twice as many side gunners with a clear field of fire. Build an opposite handed version to fly on the other side of the bomber formation.
Tophe you are contagious! In a good way!

Hi Tophe: My tin foil hat is not working again.

Here is my P-61 + Do 335 hybrid. It is tentatively labelled the Tu-5 "Fusspot".






I have reversed the booms so I have the stabilizers on the outside. It's a pretty good fit. I need to sand the booms down to flatten them. And fix the fuselage between the wings. There is a jet engine in the tail. Missing are the jet intakes.

[finsrin]

Carl,,, you be doing great on this. :)

[elmayerle]

Looks beautiful, Carl, though obviously from an alternate universe where NATO had different naming rules; in ours pro-powered aircraft have single-syllable names.  If you were to follow that rule, may I suggest either "Fuss" or "Flaunt" as possible codenames?

[Kerick]

That looks crazy! I'll be watching!

[Kerick]

Thanks to you, dreamer!
And here is the complete set, for best protection:

Thanks! Tell me how you make these drawings. they look cool.

[Tophe]

Here is my P-61 + Do 335 hybrid.
It's a pretty good fit.

It's wonderful, yes!
It will even be marvelous when finished, I am very sure

[Tophe]

Tell me how you make these drawings. they look cool.

I draw with Corel Draw vectorial drawing software (Home-X7 version now, 6 before), with a 3-view basis and trigonometrical transformations of mine (explained in my free book "Forked Ghosts"). It is easy and pleasant. If someone else likes the result, the fun is even double...

[The Big Gimper]

Looks beautiful, Carl, though obviously from an alternate universe where NATO had different naming rules; in ours pro-powered aircraft have single-syllable names.  If you were to follow that rule, may I suggest either "Fuss" or "Flaunt" as possible codenames?

Thanks Evan. I had not picked up on the single syllable naming convention. "Floozy" is another candidate.

[Tophe]

There is a jet engine in the tail. Missing are the jet intakes.

With a pusher radial or jet, I tried to fit an air intake:

[The Big Gimper]

There is a jet engine in the tail. Missing are the jet intakes.

With a pusher radial or jet, I tried to fit an air intake:

My intakes (2) will be on the side of the fuselage.

[Tophe]

You are right: it is better for the pilot's bailing out. (I am a dreamer, not an engineer)...

[Tophe]

Here is my P-61 + Do 335 hybrid.
There is a jet engine in the tail.

Before reading the "jet" word, your "P-61/Do-335 hybrid" words made me think of a Black Widow without lateral engines:

[DFZ]

That looks great, Tophe! Looks more German than American, IMHO.
 :)

[Tophe]

A more Dornierish version was possible, of course:

[Tophe]

Another way would have been a hybrid Do-335 + Do-635 = Do-935 (aka Do-3335):

[Tophe]

In 1939, the Dunne Spitfire biplane flying wing was the best in the World as far as dogfighting was concerned:

[Tophe]

The Dunne Spitfire-II was even better:

[DFZ]

Those could probably escape getting shot by simply looping over their opponents, right into their six, ready to shoot!

[Tophe]

You are probably right, while... the Polikarpov I-15, Fiat CR-42, Gloster Gladiator, were not the very best fighters of WW2 but outdated, as if speed were more important than maneuverability...

[Tophe]

from http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=6126.30 (about sexy ugly airplanes):

Tophe, thanks - I can see the first one cruising over Tahiti in the 1930s as an airliner.

Here are in Tahiti or Hawaii the Palm-38A, B, C. I think they are tailsitter VTOLs, because I have seen plam-trees before and all of them were vertical:

The B and C with intermshing palms seem to be dangerous, but I like them

[Tophe]

Standing, and without tail, this is far more possible:

[ericr]

aircraft palmtrees! excellent idea !!
I was just searching for ideas to use a number of kits fuselages I have,
remaining from using the wings with other stuff ...

[Tophe]

aircraft palmtrees! excellent idea !!

No! This was just a joke, I swear... Don't build actually aircraft-trees! Oh, Lord... (I am mad and guilty, don't get contaminated...)