Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: The Big Gimper on September 20, 2016, 09:53:13 PM
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This is a thread for aircraft in which the cockpit transparencies/canopy are not raised above, nor stepped down from, the fuselage upper mould line.
This would include the:
Amiot 370
B-29 Superfortress
F-12 Rainbow
He-111
He-119
There must more.
Here is a video the Amiot 370:
http://youtu.be/5l-ZSvfHstw (http://youtu.be/5l-ZSvfHstw)
(http://rmichau.pagesperso-orange.fr/AcazC2/Illustration1938/Amiot%20370%20.jpg)
(http://maquette72.free.fr/amis/GMazon/2014_214_amiot370/photos_gm_amiot370/amiot370_035.jpg)
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We must be on the same wavelength, I was thinking of making a topic on this. Love the streamlined look myself
One of my personal favorites to add:
(http://static.hlj.com/images/tam/tam25115_0.jpg)
Ki-46 dinah!
Also HS-132, Fw-189/Su-12, aRado 234
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The Bell Airacuda and Bristol Blenheim are early ones.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Airacuda_Bell_XFM-1_(15954491367).jpg)
(http://auto-database.com/image/pictures-of-bristol-blenheim-iii-2015-288832.jpg)
Well, "early" is relative. You have things like Sikorsky's Ilya Muromets, which has to be one of the earliest examples of this configuration in a close cockpit bomber.
(http://jn.passieux.free.fr/images/Ilya_Mourometz.jpg)
Many of the early bombers such as the Farmans had this layout. Going into the jet age, the Ar 234 is another classic example of this.
(http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Ar-234-V9.jpg)
Many of the early Soviet jet bombers designed with the assistance of German engineers had this arrangement, too.
Cheers,
Logan
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Me 264 Amerika Bomber
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VONsZkirS6A/U5bXPrluTTI/AAAAAAAAJTY/AwsCw31nYak/s1600/Messerschmitt+Me+264+Amerika+bomber+,+its+objective+being+able+to+strike+continental+USA+from+Germany,+1942.jpg)
He 177/277
(http://simviation.com//pageimages/177a-3r1.jpg)
(http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/he277-3s-jpg.59651/)
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We must be on the same wavelength, I was thinking of making a topic on this. Love the streamlined look myself
Geez Lousie. How many time must I return my Tinfoil hat for a refund. It never works as advertised. ;D
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Lol
add C-97 to the list, along with the guppy and super guppy variants
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here's two
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Does Bell X-1 count?
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Does Bell X-1 count?
Yup :)
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I think size and mission were not specified...
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Linke-Hoffman R.I, C-46, Stearman Model X-100/XA-21, Hawks-Miller Time Flies, Comet, Caravelle ;D
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Linke-Hofmann_R.I_cellon_fuselage.jpg)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/C-46-First_Nations_Transportation%2C.jpg)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Stearman_XA-21_in_flight.jpg/1024px-Stearman_XA-21_in_flight.jpg)
(http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/CrupiRay/10160L.jpg)
(http://www.jitterbuzz.com/manfil/MAN_Feb_1937.jpg)
Most aircraft had/have their cockpit submerged in the fuselage. ;)
A better description would be aircraft in which the cockpit transparencies/canopy are not raised above, nor stepped down from, the fuselage upper mould line.
Referring to them as streamlined is also a bit misleading as the majority of aircraft are streamlined to one extent or another. ;D
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Thanks everyone for the contributions so far. I am sure there are many more designs to come.
I updated the thread description using your comments Jon.
I will now add the Republic XF-103.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3YQsV3TbtB0/S9o5xU7iU3I/AAAAAAAAAS4/G6CTivnFtjg/s1600/F-103.jpg)
(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk126/generalmelchett/P1040964-1.jpg)
Source: General Melchette
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Model_100
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How about when the canopy's blended into the fuselage which is blended into the wing? ;)
Northrop XP-79:
(http://www.diseno-art.com/news_content/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Northrop-XP-79-2.jpg)
http://www.diseno-art.com/news_content/2012/01/northrop-xp-79-flying-ram/ (http://www.diseno-art.com/news_content/2012/01/northrop-xp-79-flying-ram/)
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How about the De Schelde S.21?
(https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/2c57b517407835.562b9a679b6fa.jpg)
https://www.behance.net/gallery/17407835/De-Schelde-S21 (https://www.behance.net/gallery/17407835/De-Schelde-S21)
(http://www.lextempelman.nl/images/varia_huis/s21opengewerkt480pix.jpg)
http://www.lextempelman.nl/wat/voorbeelden_2/jachtvliegtuig_de_schelde_s21/ (http://www.lextempelman.nl/wat/voorbeelden_2/jachtvliegtuig_de_schelde_s21/)
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here's two
B-36 prototype had a stepped flight-deck windscreen/canopy.
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(http://www.ju388.de/Ju388/340284s.jpg)
(http://www.super-hobby.com/zdjecia/5/3/6/1230_rd.jpg)
ju 188
http://www.luft46.com/junkers/juef132a.gif (http://www.luft46.com/junkers/juef132a.gif)]http://www.luft46.com/junkers/juef132a.gif
Junkers EF 132
(http://www.luft46.com/aoart/ao144-2.jpg)
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Great examples...
Niai 1 Fanera 2 http://www.airwar.ru/enc/cw1/fanera.html (http://www.airwar.ru/enc/cw1/fanera.html)
(http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/cw1/fanera/fanera-6.jpg)
(http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/cw1/fanera/fanera-7.jpg)
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Would Tacit Blue qualify? How about the B-2?
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F-117 ----
or this little home built (read about this years ago in a home built publication)
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I believe that last one made an appearance in popular mechanics or science quite a few years ago.
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It was designed by Barnaby Wainfan, he is/was the resident aero engineer for the home built magazine called KitPlanes. Google says he also wrote for Popular Mechanics too.
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Bisnovat SK-1
(http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/KleinBernhard/4860L-1.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6nx_lcmDZGw/Uzo78suinQI/AAAAAAABqsQ/56yaU5dRgQo/s1600/SK1-3d.jpg)
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Supermarine's Schneider Trophy floatplanes, the S-4, S-5 and S-6
Lioré et Olivier LeO H-46: http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/bww1/leoh46/leoh46-2.jpg (http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/bww1/leoh46/leoh46-2.jpg)
Bugatti Model 100: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/08/10/12/2B3EF1A200000578-0-image-a-4_1439207943196.jpg (http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/08/10/12/2B3EF1A200000578-0-image-a-4_1439207943196.jpg)
Chris
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That home built looked stealthy before anyone heard of stealth.
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Supermarine's Schneider Trophy floatplanes, the S-4, S-5 and S-6
Nope, those are all open cockpit types, whole different animal.
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F-117 ----
or this little home built (read about this years ago in a home built publication)
Facetmobile, Currell has a free-paper model of it:
http://www.currell.net/models/facet.htm (http://www.currell.net/models/facet.htm)
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That home built looked stealthy before anyone heard of stealth.
Not really, first flight in 1993 and stealth, in various forms, was kicked around and worked on for decades prior.
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Kingdom of Yugoslavia Ikarus Orkan (serbian for Hurricane), 1940. light recon bomber prototype
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikarus_Orkan
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Surprisingly enough, one can actually get a kit of the Ikarus Orkan:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/KZ0AAOSwU-pXp4Kr/s-l1600.jpg)(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/lO8AAOSwHoFXp4K9/s-l1600.jpg)
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Another: Tachikawa Ki-77
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bim10FGl404/U2TYN67vCmI/AAAAAAAAHhs/FdXrr9AaknU/s1600/0009.jpg)
(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/attachments/aircraft/625584d1389184652-captured-german-aircraft-tachikawa-ki-77-1.jpg)
(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/attachments/aircraft/625587d1389184655-captured-german-aircraft-tachikawa-ki-77.jpg)
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Fictional one for you:
(http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/futuristic-aircraft-designs.jpeg)