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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #50 on: June 16, 2014, 08:52:33 AM »
Apparently, there's a couple of B-2's in the UK right now, with one being flown there by an exchange Brit pilot (an ex-Tornado flyer)


http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/public8/ffd1411.jpg


It all makes sense now


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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #51 on: June 16, 2014, 05:04:26 PM »
Red somewhere a B-2 had the radar return signature of a seagulll. Well, looks like the signature of this one just doubled.  :icon_beer:
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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #52 on: June 16, 2014, 09:08:17 PM »
Apparently, there's a couple of B-2's in the UK right now, with one being flown there by an exchange Brit pilot (an ex-Tornado flyer)


http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/public8/ffd1411.jpg


It all makes sense now

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Sort of reminds me of a joke (slightly modified):

What was the last thing the seagull saw when it hit the B-2 ------  !!!

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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #53 on: October 07, 2014, 09:59:37 AM »
Here's a Northrop "flying wing" of a different sort!



Vintage Air: Fits Like a Glove

Quote from: Vintage Air
This photo is an original Douglas Aircraft print (stamp on the back says it's from the El Segundo plant), and there's a hand-written notation that reads "Laminar Flow Airfoil Glove". The plane shown, Northrop A-17A serial 35-122, at some point was turned over to NACA for a laminar flow reseearch program, which was operated out of Langley.

Unfortunately, I could find very little information about the test program (and no other photos of the plane in this configuration), and there are only a few snipets of information about it on the web, one of which mentions that the small added propellers were intended to add airflow over the wing. The primary source for information on NACA's history of laminar flow research is the paper A History of Suction-Type Laminar-Flow Control with Emphasis on Flight Research. Written by pioneering researcher Albert Braslow (who has since, sadly, passed away), this paper makes no mention of tests using the A-17A. The paper, on page 3, implies that the first laminar-flow flight tests took place in 1941 and utilized a surplus B-18 bomber. Either Braslow was unaware of the use of the A-17A (improbable, in my view), or this particular part of the larger research effort yielded little or no data of note. Joe Baugher's database indicates that 35-122 was returned to the Army in August of 1943.

If anyone has additional information on the modifications, when the test program took place, and any data that resulted from it, I would very much like to hear from you!


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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #54 on: October 07, 2014, 10:31:48 AM »
Fascinating, considering that the Douglas El Segundo plant was, prior to complete acquisition by Douglas, the home of that incarnation of Northrop Aircraft.   I suspect the A-17A was used because it had been superceded in active duty and the plant had fully design details with which to plan the modifications (having done test program mods, that makes a big difference).

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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #55 on: November 19, 2019, 07:53:47 PM »
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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #56 on: November 19, 2019, 07:54:58 PM »
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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #57 on: November 20, 2019, 05:31:38 PM »
Superb!

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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #58 on: November 20, 2019, 06:22:41 PM »
Kit-bash inspirational and COOL  8)

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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #59 on: November 22, 2019, 02:19:50 AM »


You're killin' me without a reference here, Gimper. What's the backstory????

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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #61 on: November 22, 2019, 03:46:29 AM »
Hi Mr. S:

The timeline is a few days ago I that learned via FB that a gentlemen named Adam Tooby is the boxart artist for the new Airfix releases.  He also is doing the art work for some Osprey books. And his own subjects.
 
Once I found his FB page, https://www.facebook.com/adamtoobyaviationart/, I started looking at it and so I found these wonderful works of his. His website/store is here: https://www.adamtooby.com/. And his work and presentation is very similar to Erik Simonsen.
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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #62 on: November 23, 2019, 12:17:47 PM »
The facebook link doesn't work.  When I saw the B-35 pic, I first thought it was a photo.  Then I saw the P-79, and I was just stunned.  I do have to point out that the crease in the canopy would really mess with the pilot's vision. 

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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #63 on: November 23, 2019, 06:33:53 PM »
The facebook link doesn't work.  When I saw the B-35 pic, I first thought it was a photo.  Then I saw the P-79, and I was just stunned.  I do have to point out that the crease in the canopy would really mess with the pilot's vision.

My bad. How about this link Kim? https://www.facebook.com/adamtoobyaviationart/

(I left a comma in)

 
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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #64 on: November 25, 2019, 12:22:14 PM »
Thanks-they are awesome.

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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #65 on: April 15, 2020, 01:05:19 AM »
I just received an News Letter from Fantastic Plastic. Something of interest was in it.

Northrop Low Altitude Penetrator in 1/144

In the mid-1970s, Northrop Aviation was tasked with developing a low-visibility (stealth) bomber for the U.S. Air Force. The company considered two approaches: Either a broad-winged bomber designed for high-altitude strategic bombing missions, or a sleeker bomber better suited for low-altitude tactical attacks. Ultimately, the high-altitude design was commissioned, leading to what we all now know and love as the B-2 "Spirit" Stealth Bomber. But the Low Altitude Penetrator (LAP) remains a fascinating "What If?" alternative.

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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #66 on: April 15, 2020, 02:52:42 AM »
Yeah, I received the same news.  If only the LAP was in a bigger scale.  Even 1/72 would be better.
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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #67 on: April 15, 2020, 09:00:59 AM »
... and not mastered by Scott Lowther.  :-X :icon_punal:
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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #68 on: April 15, 2020, 09:39:37 PM »
Yeah, I received the same news. If only the LAP was in a bigger scale.  Even 1/72 would be better.

Yeah! I agree with you there ---

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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #69 on: April 15, 2020, 10:53:51 PM »
Three pages and no...

HAIL HYDRA?


Eight tail-pusher parasite fighter/bombers.


1:288th scale kit has a 22.5" wingspan. So much for doing it in 1:72nd.
https://fantastic-plastic.com/HydraFlyingWingCatalogPage.htm

The giant Hydra Flying Wing was the setting for the climax of 2011's hit "Captain America: The First Avenger."  Designed by Daniel Simon for the Marvel Pictures production, the Flying Wing was a 540-foot-wide "flying aircraft carrier" armed with eight "parasit" fighters that could be launched independently to drop atomic weapons on various American cities.  (The Flying Wing's eight "pusher" propellers were, in fact, the parasits' tail-mounted props and were used to help the Wing get airborne.)
The Flying Wing's design was inspired by both the real-life Horten Ho 229 jet-powered fighter prototype and Northrop's YB-35 Flying Wing.


Tangentially, maybe a bash of a Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_XP-55_Ascender) and Kyushu J7W (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyushu_J7W ) although someone's offering it in 1:48th (https://www.scalemates.com/kits/fantastic-plastic-hydra-parasite-fighter--177694 )
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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #70 on: April 20, 2020, 03:37:52 AM »
Just a photo:

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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #71 on: August 09, 2020, 02:25:10 AM »
Random idea:  take two B-35s and pair them together to create biplane.
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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #72 on: August 09, 2020, 04:25:05 AM »
Flying Wing Flying Boat/Amphibiian
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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #73 on: August 11, 2020, 03:30:08 AM »
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Re: Northrop's Flying Wings
« Reply #74 on: August 11, 2020, 03:35:05 AM »
Random idea:  take two B-35s and pair them together to create biplane.

Almost there.  ;D :icon_fsm:



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