Author Topic: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft  (Read 222669 times)

Online GTX_Admin

  • Evil Administrator bent on taking over the Universe!
  • Administrator - Yep, I'm the one to blame for this place.
  • Whiffing Demi-God!
    • Beyond the Sprues
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it.

Offline elmayerle

  • Its about time there was an Avatar shown here...
  • Über Engineer...at least that is what he tells us.
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #501 on: April 29, 2017, 01:15:48 PM »
New attack variant fuselage to replace the cargo one Boeing-Philadelphia builds might work.  I'm not sure you could sell it up the chain of command, though.

Offline Gingie

  • The LAV sausage-maker…goes nice with a home made beer I understand
  • Has been to Tatooine...
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #502 on: May 01, 2017, 09:43:08 AM »

Offline elmayerle

  • Its about time there was an Avatar shown here...
  • Über Engineer...at least that is what he tells us.
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #503 on: May 01, 2017, 09:47:08 AM »
Odd thought, consider using the cockpit from a Hind-A on a MV-22B, both in 1/72.

Online GTX_Admin

  • Evil Administrator bent on taking over the Universe!
  • Administrator - Yep, I'm the one to blame for this place.
  • Whiffing Demi-God!
    • Beyond the Sprues
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #504 on: September 17, 2017, 05:21:09 AM »
Another Westland Tiltrotor:



Source
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it.

Offline Kerick

  • Reportedly finished with a stripper...
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #505 on: September 17, 2017, 09:58:45 AM »
Anyone ever consider an MV-22 with a seaplane hull? Not practical but might look cool.

Offline elmayerle

  • Its about time there was an Avatar shown here...
  • Über Engineer...at least that is what he tells us.
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #506 on: September 19, 2017, 08:26:58 AM »
Anyone ever consider an MV-22 with a seaplane hull? Not practical but might look cool.
Yeah, it would likely look cool, but as close to the ground as the exhausts of a standard MV-22 get, I suspect you'd really be boiling water with a seaplane, if not immersing the exhausts in water.

Offline Rickshaw

  • "Of course, I could be talking out of my hat"
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #507 on: September 19, 2017, 10:42:01 AM »
Anyone ever consider an MV-22 with a seaplane hull? Not practical but might look cool.
Yeah, it would likely look cool, but as close to the ground as the exhausts of a standard MV-22 get, I suspect you'd really be boiling water with a seaplane, if not immersing the exhausts in water.

Deepen the hull (and reshape it), add floats with deflectors to the wings and it should float high enough not to submerge the exhausts.

Offline elmayerle

  • Its about time there was an Avatar shown here...
  • Über Engineer...at least that is what he tells us.
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #508 on: September 19, 2017, 11:19:37 AM »
Yeah, that might be possible, though it would definite require some major wing redesign, too, to properly anchor those floats to structure (not impossible, but challenging).  The other approach would be to rewing the aircraft with new wings and engine installations more like the V280's where only the prop-rotors and immediate transmissions rotate; that would get your exhausts out of the water.  In that case, you might want to widen the main landing gear sponsons to provide better stability in the water.

Offline kitnut617

  • Measures the actual aircraft before modelling it...we have the photographic evidence.
  • Holding Pattern
  • *
  • I'd rather be dirtbike riding...
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #509 on: September 19, 2017, 07:37:22 PM »
Yeah, that might be possible, though it would definite require some major wing redesign, too, to properly anchor those floats to structure (not impossible, but challenging).  The other approach would be to rewing the aircraft with new wings and engine installations more like the V280's where only the prop-rotors and immediate transmissions rotate; that would get your exhausts out of the water.  In that case, you might want to widen the main landing gear sponsons to provide better stability in the water.

What about like this

Offline elmayerle

  • Its about time there was an Avatar shown here...
  • Über Engineer...at least that is what he tells us.
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #510 on: September 20, 2017, 12:23:04 AM »
A V-22 done that way might work.  You would need to be careful, though, to keep the floats out of the areas swept by the prop-rotors.

Offline jcf

  • Global Moderator
  • Turn that Gila-copter down!
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #511 on: September 20, 2017, 12:39:53 AM »
Or just tilt the rotors, rather than the engines and rotors.





“Conspiracy theory’s got to be simple.
Sense doesn’t come into it. People are
more scared of how complicated shit
actually is than they ever are about
whatever’s supposed to be behind the
conspiracy.”
-The Peripheral, William Gibson 2014

Offline kitnut617

  • Measures the actual aircraft before modelling it...we have the photographic evidence.
  • Holding Pattern
  • *
  • I'd rather be dirtbike riding...

Offline jcf

  • Global Moderator
  • Turn that Gila-copter down!
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #513 on: September 20, 2017, 06:07:16 AM »
Well, yeah as those are all Bell concepts. ;D
“Conspiracy theory’s got to be simple.
Sense doesn’t come into it. People are
more scared of how complicated shit
actually is than they ever are about
whatever’s supposed to be behind the
conspiracy.”
-The Peripheral, William Gibson 2014

Offline elmayerle

  • Its about time there was an Avatar shown here...
  • Über Engineer...at least that is what he tells us.
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #514 on: September 20, 2017, 06:17:51 AM »
Bell tilt rotor style ???

http://www.ainonline.com/sites/default/files/uploads/2015/02/webbell_v-280-3-24x16-fast-rope.jpg

I believe that's the V280, like the V280-style redesign I suggested on Monday for adding amphibious capability.

Offline Rickshaw

  • "Of course, I could be talking out of my hat"
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #515 on: September 20, 2017, 10:53:01 AM »
A V-22 done that way might work.  You would need to be careful, though, to keep the floats out of the areas swept by the prop-rotors.

If they were located under the wings and didn't project fore and aft of the wing, it would work IMO.

Offline elmayerle

  • Its about time there was an Avatar shown here...
  • Über Engineer...at least that is what he tells us.
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #516 on: September 23, 2017, 03:10:41 AM »
A V-22 done that way might work.  You would need to be careful, though, to keep the floats out of the areas swept by the prop-rotors.

If they were located under the wings and didn't project fore and aft of the wing, it would work IMO.
Yeah, but you are going to need them projecting forward for balance when floating (a matter of stability when at rest); be far easier to set them far enough down to be fully out of the prop-rotors' arcs under the most severe external environments.

Offline jcf

  • Global Moderator
  • Turn that Gila-copter down!
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #517 on: September 23, 2017, 03:30:39 AM »
Use the Ursinus Fighter or Blackburn B-20 solution.  ;)





“Conspiracy theory’s got to be simple.
Sense doesn’t come into it. People are
more scared of how complicated shit
actually is than they ever are about
whatever’s supposed to be behind the
conspiracy.”
-The Peripheral, William Gibson 2014

Offline Gingie

  • The LAV sausage-maker…goes nice with a home made beer I understand
  • Has been to Tatooine...
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #518 on: November 17, 2017, 12:10:37 PM »
Carl - an idea for the Falcon 10 kit... perhaps a 72nd Osprey could be scale bashed?

https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/ba609-tiltrotor-3d-model/448892


Offline Jeffry Fontaine

  • Unaffiliated Independent Subversive...and the last person to go for a trip on a Mexicana dH Comet 4
  • Global Moderator
  • His stash is able to be seen from space...
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #519 on: January 08, 2018, 06:30:40 AM »
Kees Kupyer has struck again!  This time by creating a Twin Otter Tilt-Rotor:


(Image source: ARC Silly Week 2018 > 1/72 Revell VTOL Otter by Kees Kupyer)

Click on the thumbnail image to visit the article and to view the larger images that Kees has shared. 
"Every day we hear about new studies 'revealing' what should have been obvious to sentient beings for generations; 'Research shows wolverines don't like to be teased" -- Jonah Goldberg

Offline Jeffry Fontaine

  • Unaffiliated Independent Subversive...and the last person to go for a trip on a Mexicana dH Comet 4
  • Global Moderator
  • His stash is able to be seen from space...
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #520 on: April 23, 2018, 11:05:14 PM »
How about a kit bashing between the V-22 Osprey and the Grumman Albatross?

Albatross fuselage sans wing mated to the entire wing assembly of the V-22 Osprey to create a tilt-rotor amphibian.  The wing mounted floats from the Albatross will need to be located on the Osprey wing somewhere near the engines I suspect.  Reality check about suitability for actual flight to be ignored.

1:72nd scale Revell (former Monogram) SA-16 Albatross kit with the aforementioned parts from the HobbyCraft, Italeri, ESCI, or Hasegawa V-22 kits, depending on your ability to afford this project.

1:144th scale now has a V-22 kit but I am not aware of any Albatross in this scale.

1;48th scale Trumpeter Albatross and of course the Testors'/Italeri V-22 kit if you really want to spend some money.   
"Every day we hear about new studies 'revealing' what should have been obvious to sentient beings for generations; 'Research shows wolverines don't like to be teased" -- Jonah Goldberg

Offline Rickshaw

  • "Of course, I could be talking out of my hat"
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #521 on: April 24, 2018, 11:52:57 AM »
A-Model do a series of 1/144 scale HU-16 Albatrosses.

Offline elmayerle

  • Its about time there was an Avatar shown here...
  • Über Engineer...at least that is what he tells us.
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #522 on: April 24, 2018, 12:08:34 PM »
I would probably go with moving the floats to sponsons off the fuselage rather than leaving them on the wing.  Something you would need to be careful of is how far the aircraft sits in the water so that the exhausts don't get submerged while floating (as an alternative, modifiy the IRS so that the exhaust is redirected out the side with blocker panels and similar moving pieces, similar to the thrust reverser set-ups on several airliner nacelles - a few scribed lines could indicate this on the model).

Given that the V-22 wing and center section is manufactured as one large assembly, attaching it to the top of the Albatross would take some careful plastic surgery but is doable.

Online GTX_Admin

  • Evil Administrator bent on taking over the Universe!
  • Administrator - Yep, I'm the one to blame for this place.
  • Whiffing Demi-God!
    • Beyond the Sprues
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #523 on: April 25, 2018, 05:04:30 AM »
You could also go the Tilt wing way:

All hail the God of Frustration!!!

You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it.

Offline Jeffry Fontaine

  • Unaffiliated Independent Subversive...and the last person to go for a trip on a Mexicana dH Comet 4
  • Global Moderator
  • His stash is able to be seen from space...
Re: Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
« Reply #524 on: July 07, 2018, 05:55:38 AM »
In an effort to create a topic on the V-22 Osprey I have taken the liberty of making Carl's (TheBigGimper) post to this topic the OP for the new discussion topic to be focused solely on the V-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor and the variations of that airframe that are now in production and service. 

New topic is at this link: V-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor
"Every day we hear about new studies 'revealing' what should have been obvious to sentient beings for generations; 'Research shows wolverines don't like to be teased" -- Jonah Goldberg