Author Topic: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)  (Read 29922 times)

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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #25 on: September 22, 2013, 03:26:03 AM »
Well, the rumour is that back in the early 90's (I believe) some were offered to both Australia and the UK...
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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #26 on: September 22, 2013, 04:21:29 AM »
Still waiting for someone to suggest the B-One R dedicated reconnaissance variant :)
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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #27 on: September 22, 2013, 08:06:16 PM »
Well, the rumour is that back in the early 90's (I believe) some were offered to both Australia and the UK...
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If so that would be as sad as the Leo 2s, Marders and M-109s offered at the same time, the Kidds offered in the early 2000s and Brigade of Ghurkhas offered in the early 70s

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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #28 on: September 23, 2013, 10:21:13 AM »
Still waiting for someone to suggest the B-One R dedicated reconnaissance variant :)


There is the BONE-R proposal with the R standing for "Regional" :



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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #29 on: September 23, 2013, 02:41:11 PM »
Still waiting for someone to suggest the B-One R dedicated reconnaissance variant :)

There is the BONE-R proposal with the R standing for "Regional" :



"Regional"?

Sounds like an airliner variant...which could be pretty cool...

Just don't give a fleet of them to Virgin.... the innuendos would never stop.
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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #30 on: October 13, 2013, 12:27:55 AM »
Lancer Liner


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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #31 on: October 13, 2013, 01:36:25 PM »
Looks cool, but I hate to think of the burden this would put on stressed-out cabin personnel, always rushing to calm down frightened passengers yelling "THE WINGS ARE COMING OFF!" every time they're altering wing sweep.  ;D
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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #32 on: October 13, 2013, 02:23:08 PM »
Why not combine Air Dom and Pathfinder into one load-out? You've got plenty of space and tonnage... just the thing to carve a big enough hole for the B-52 force to get through en masse.

Then there's the matter of popping those pesky subs and ICBMs, especially those nasty road/rail-mobile buggers, before anybody has a chance to push their local Little Red Button... mobile command posts, whether surface or air, the pathfinder Bones oughtta be able to tackle.

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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #33 on: November 22, 2013, 01:02:46 AM »
Fixed geometry Lancer. Lighter, sturdier, best performance, ...  ;) :)

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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #34 on: November 22, 2013, 01:17:39 AM »
Fixed geometry Lancer. Lighter, sturdier, best performance, ...  ;) :)



Now, that is pretty bad-@$$. 

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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #35 on: November 22, 2013, 05:25:10 AM »
Wicked!  >:D
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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #36 on: November 22, 2013, 01:44:33 PM »
Agreed with the above! That is really cool!
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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #37 on: June 28, 2014, 08:48:42 AM »
Neat B-1 whif on HyperScale - LINK(with more pics)


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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #38 on: June 29, 2014, 12:29:54 AM »
Rotary Aim-54s  :-* Thats a fine BONER, no two ways about it.
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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #39 on: June 29, 2014, 04:11:32 AM »
Random thought:  scale-o-rama 1/72 B-1B into 1/48 platform. Maybe give it a two man crew in tandem arrangement (F-14 or F-15B/D/E or similar cockpit?) plus two engines rather than four.  Should result in a platform that would be slightly larger than a F-111.  Maybe do as either a competitor to or replacement for the F-111?
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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #40 on: June 29, 2014, 04:13:36 AM »
Neat B-1 whif on HyperScale - LINK(with more pics)



Wasn't there something similar to this in some of the Dale Brown novels?
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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #41 on: June 29, 2014, 07:33:12 AM »
^ In terms of armament, yes. Not so sure about the airframe mods, though. Last Brown novel I read was Battle Born. Musta been about 10 years or so ago. Don't remember whether the "Überfortress" (don't remember the actual name) had a butterfly tail.

Love the scale-o-rama idea. Maybe couple it with ysi-maniac's fixed wing idea.  :)
With a fixed wing, I wonder about putting the engines into the wing roots, H.P. Victor-style....
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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #42 on: June 29, 2014, 11:19:06 AM »
Rotary Aim-54s  :-* Thats a fine BONER, no two ways about it.
Moto-Bone[R] ;)

The V-tail certainly sets it apart from the regular B-Ones. 

That is one impressive weapons load too. 
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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #43 on: September 20, 2016, 11:25:20 AM »

Comparing various kits, found B-36 wings are decent match to B-1 fuselage.  Plastic surgery is necessary but looks doable.
Ruff concept picture is attached.
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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #44 on: September 20, 2016, 03:29:42 PM »
Woh! :icon_surprised:
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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #45 on: September 20, 2016, 06:50:20 PM »
Brilliant!!
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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #46 on: September 21, 2016, 02:05:05 AM »
Would open up front and rear of engines to become jets.

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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #47 on: September 21, 2016, 07:38:50 AM »
Paging back, both the ysi-manic configurations are sweet  :)
And both could built in styrene.
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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #48 on: September 21, 2016, 07:47:37 AM »
A long, long time ago, I played with the notion of a direct scaled-down version of the B-1B as an F-111 replacement.
It used two instead of four F101 turbofans, crew of two, two weapons bays (instead of three). I'll attempt to find my paperwork (yes, it was so long ago, that it was pre PC days for me!  :o)

From memory it was just a smidgen larger and heavier than the F-111, but in essence, I think such a design would have been very effective in terms of cost, performance and capability! In essence it was a straight out mini-B-1B!

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Re: Rockwell B-One (aka B-1 Lancer)
« Reply #49 on: December 21, 2016, 05:14:06 AM »
random idea:  fixed FSW
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