Beyond The Sprues

Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: GTX_Admin on November 24, 2014, 03:13:05 AM

Title: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 24, 2014, 03:13:05 AM
I just found out what I want to do with my 1/48 Voisin bomber:

(http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6554783q/f159.highres)
(http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6554783q/f160.highres)
(http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6554783q/f161.highres)
(http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6554783q/f162.highres)

What a pity the GWGB just ended…ah well, will still build it.
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: Weaver on November 24, 2014, 04:58:23 AM
Splendid idea!

Wasn't there a Mil Mi-6/26 kitted out as a flying hospital at some point?
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: raafif on November 24, 2014, 06:26:00 AM
there's several pics of a MI-2 Ambo on posted here somewhere ..... (see sample below).

quite a few ..... off the top of my head ....
the obvious - Ju-52, DC-3, C-46, C-124 Globemaster (korean war).

Storch, PiperCub, Auster, Stuka (pods), Dragon Rapide, Cant 506, P-38 (modded drop-tanks), OV-10 Bronco (medevac was part of the design criteria), Transavia Airtruk, Spassatel (2nd "Loon" ekranoplan - 7 flight-crew + 490 medics/patients)
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: raafif on November 24, 2014, 06:28:17 AM
P-38 / F-5 ...... " they DID disable the "jettison" button, didn't they ?"
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: raafif on November 24, 2014, 06:30:11 AM
Cant-506 & Spasatel ekranoplan ...
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: apophenia on November 24, 2014, 06:47:35 AM
Great collection raafif!

BTW: 'Beech18ambo' is actually an ex-SAAF Lockheed Lodestar of No. 1 Air Ambulance Unit RAAF.

http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Lodestar-1371 (http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Lodestar-1371)
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: elmayerle on November 24, 2014, 06:55:47 AM
Fast medevac Harrier with two passenger pods similar to the ones that were mocked up?  Perhaps a version of the two-seater that would allow a medic to ride along and monitor the patients?
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: Weaver on November 24, 2014, 09:46:27 AM
If anyone fancies the Ju-87 pods (or grafting them onto something else for that matter), Airmodel do vac-form ones for a very reasonable price: http://www.airmodel.de/product_info.php?info=p60_junkers-ju-87-d-3-personal-pods.html (http://www.airmodel.de/product_info.php?info=p60_junkers-ju-87-d-3-personal-pods.html)
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: aerospacer on November 28, 2014, 12:20:36 AM
Don't forget the Sikorsky Skycrane with the field hospital container:

http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=10307&page=340&soldarchive=1 (http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=10307&page=340&soldarchive=1)

http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=2652 (http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=2652)

Martin
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 28, 2014, 02:04:25 AM
If anyone fancies the Ju-87 pods (or grafting them onto something else for that matter), Airmodel do vac-form ones for a very reasonable price: [url]http://www.airmodel.de/product_info.php?info=p60_junkers-ju-87-d-3-personal-pods.html[/url] ([url]http://www.airmodel.de/product_info.php?info=p60_junkers-ju-87-d-3-personal-pods.html[/url])


I wish someone did 1/48 versions.
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 28, 2014, 02:40:55 AM
What about something like this as a casualty evac system:

(http://theaviationist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/F-5-casevac-3.jpg)
(http://theaviationist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/F-5-casevac-1-685x369.jpg)
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: Old Wombat on November 28, 2014, 06:58:55 AM
As long as you don't get bounced on the way to the hospital! :icon_surprised:

Could you imagine being in there when the pilot goes into "fighter-pilot" mode with a Zero bearing down on him? :o
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: Kerick on November 28, 2014, 12:20:51 PM
I wonder if those P-38 pods were converted from fuel tanks?
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: Weaver on November 28, 2014, 01:21:05 PM
As long as you don't get bounced on the way to the hospital! :icon_surprised:

Could you imagine being in there when the pilot goes into "fighter-pilot" mode with a Zero bearing down on him? :o

Wonder if dropping sick people on the enemy counts as biological warfare?

"Y'see Fred, we think you've got Anthrax, so we're puttin' you on this plane to get you to a special hospital real quick like, honest....."
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 29, 2014, 04:23:34 AM
My embarrassed  :-[ - the photos I showed above are supposedly actually of casualty evacuation pods attached to an F-5, the reconnaissance variant of the P-38 Lightining.  Helps if I read the actual article wouldn't it.
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: Weaver on November 29, 2014, 05:14:06 AM
My embarrassed  :-[ - the photos I showed above are supposedly actually of casualty evacuation pods attached to an F-5, the reconnaissance variant of the P-38 Lightining.  Helps if I read the actual article wouldn't it.

Or indeed post #4..... ;)
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 29, 2014, 05:15:48 AM
Ok…even more embarrassed (http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/embarrassed/embarrassed.gif)
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 29, 2014, 05:18:32 AM
To make amends (and to distract you lot), any discussion of flying ambulances must include reference to the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.  To start with, they used QANTAS assistance:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Air_ambulance_QANTAS_Brisbane_1931.jpg)
(http://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/IgnitionSuite/uploads/images/First%20RFDS%20aircraft%20Victory%20QLD.jpg)


Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 29, 2014, 05:19:18 AM
Later on the were an iconic user of the GAF Nomad:

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/GAF_Nomad_N22C_20070223_zps01128b74.jpg)
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 29, 2014, 05:25:12 AM
Now they use more mundane platforms:

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/VHFGS_zps50763ad6.jpg)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/1920px-Beechcraft_B200_King_Air_-_VH-MSH_zpsd20eaa24.jpg)
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 29, 2014, 05:33:48 AM
I particularly like the idea of doing a RFDS V-22.
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 29, 2014, 05:37:25 AM
Moving on:

(http://www.rostvertol.be/images/ambulance_photo01.jpg)(http://www.rostvertol.be/images/ambulance_photo03.jpg)(http://www.rostvertol.be/images/ambulance_schema.jpg)
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 29, 2014, 05:39:23 AM
The past:

(http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/imgs/airco-dh4_7.jpg)

The future?:

(http://nocamels.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2.jpg)
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 29, 2014, 05:41:00 AM
…and the different:

(http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/files/2012/04/1927-june-science-and-invention-sm.jpg)
(http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/files/2012/04/1927-june-science-and-invention-bottom-sm1.jpg)

Story (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-flying-ambulance-of-tomorrow-60354553/?no-ist)
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: elmayerle on November 29, 2014, 08:47:20 AM
Didn't the RFDS also use the DeHavilland Drover, designed and built by DeHavilland of Australia?  There's a picture of a TAA one in the civil BV-222 thread.
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: elmayerle on November 29, 2014, 09:19:28 AM
I should note that the Sikorsky HH-60M has a pretty good medevac fit.
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: Old Wombat on November 29, 2014, 09:59:14 AM
Didn't the RFDS also use the DeHavilland Drover, designed and built by DeHavilland of Australia?  There's a picture of a TAA one in the civil BV-222 thread.

Yes, they did. For some reason there were a lot of pictures of them when I was looking for TAA flying boat pictures. :-\

Here you go, any number to pick from in this lot;

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=dha+drover+pictures&biw=1366&bih=634&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Fih5VJ3IL-bFmAX4yoLwDQ&ved=0CBwQsAQ (https://www.google.com.au/search?q=dha+drover+pictures&biw=1366&bih=634&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Fih5VJ3IL-bFmAX4yoLwDQ&ved=0CBwQsAQ)
Title: Re: Flying Ambulance/Hospitals
Post by: Gingie on December 01, 2014, 08:28:12 AM
I'll see if I can get pics of our C-17 with Infectious Disease Patient apparatus installed.