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Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: jcf on November 11, 2017, 04:00:10 AM

Title: Douglas DC-4/6/7 ...
Post by: jcf on November 11, 2017, 04:00:10 AM
A bomber project to start:

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/dc4bomberag_1.htm (http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/dc4bomberag_1.htm)

(http://www.clubhyper.com/images/Illustration%201%20DC-4%20Bomber%20TOP%20&%20SIDE%20with%20WINGS.jpg)

(http://www.clubhyper.com/images/Illustration%202%20DC-4%20bomber%20SIDE%20and%20Inboard%20Profiles.jpg)

Links to 1/72nd drawings:

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/dc4bomber_1.pdf (http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/dc4bomber_1.pdf)

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/dc4bomber_2.pdf (http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/dc4bomber_2.pdf)
Title: Re: Douglas DC-4/6/7 ...
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 11, 2017, 04:30:11 AM
Interesting.  Presidium ably somewhere between the B-17 and B-29 in performance
Title: Re: Douglas DC-4/6/7 ...
Post by: Rickshaw on November 11, 2017, 09:33:45 AM
Quote from: GTX_Admin on November 11, 2017, 04:30:11 AM
Interesting.  Presidium ably somewhere between the B-17 and B-29 in performance

Range = B-29
Payload = B-17
Title: Re: Douglas DC-4/6/7 ...
Post by: jcf on November 11, 2017, 11:56:02 AM
Much less than a B-17.
Title: Re: Douglas DC-4/6/7 ...
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 12, 2017, 12:58:03 AM
I could see this as somewhat of a US equivalent to the Fw200 in the ASuW role.
Title: Re: Douglas DC-4/6/7 ...
Post by: elmayerle on May 18, 2020, 09:27:06 AM
How about a combination of two DC-4 variants, the North Star and the Carvair?

Also, an equivalent to the Carvair based on the DC-6.
Title: Re: Douglas DC-4/6/7 ...
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 19, 2020, 02:50:36 AM
Quote from: elmayerle on May 18, 2020, 09:27:06 AM
How about a combination of two DC-4 variants, the North Star and the Carvair?

Also, an equivalent to the Carvair based on the DC-6.

Interesting options.  I especially like the North Star/Carvair combo idea - would make people blink at least...
Title: Re: Douglas DC-4/6/7 ...
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on May 19, 2020, 03:15:18 AM
If you have the money to spend, how about a DC-4/-6/-7 with four Basler turboprops?
Title: Re: Douglas DC-4/6/7 ...
Post by: The Big Gimper on February 07, 2021, 11:51:02 PM
Found via Facebook.

A U.S. Navy Douglas R5D-2-2 (C-54) Skymaster of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) circa 1954. The aircraft was originally ordered by the USAAF as a C-54B-1-DC (c/n 10428, USAAF 42-72323). It was transferred to the U.S. Navy as an R5D-2 (BuNo 50851). In the early 1950s it was converted and used for radar tests at the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River, Maryland (USA) under the designation R5D-2-2. The aircraft was redesignated C-54P in 1962. After its service with the U.S. Navy it was sold to Aero Union of California (civil registration N62295). Finally the plane became a hulk at Chico, California.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtomIY1XYAUgNID?format=jpg&name=small)