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Offline Tophe

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #825 on: March 13, 2016, 01:29:44 PM »
I have found a weird twin-boom design, of 1929, by Eddie Rickenbacker, at
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/capt-rickenbackers-airplane-of-the-future/
and I have imagined Lightning dérivatives of it:

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #826 on: March 13, 2016, 11:31:02 PM »
And, as doctors said that sitting is bad for the pilots' spine, aircraft were designed with pilots standing or lying (head first or feet first):

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #827 on: March 26, 2016, 05:12:33 AM »
Here's a twin-boomer for you, Tophe!

Beriev Be-32 design

Cheers,

Logan

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #828 on: March 26, 2016, 06:40:18 AM »

nice twin boomer, with 4 engines : the outer ones are very close to the tip of the wings

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #829 on: March 26, 2016, 02:05:06 PM »
Thanks Logan for the picture, and for the link explaining this is a 1965 project. I guess I will soon invent a 1945 derivative. Thanks again!

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #830 on: March 26, 2016, 05:01:24 PM »
Thanks Logan for the picture, and for the link explaining this is a 1965 project. I guess I will soon invent a 1945 derivative. Thanks again!
Here are the Lightning-cargos C-38B-32/33/34 (with improved rear access for loading/unloading)...

Offline Tophe

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #831 on: April 06, 2016, 07:15:37 PM »
The Zwilling XP-54 was fast...

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #832 on: April 07, 2016, 03:03:22 AM »
I like!
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Offline Tophe

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #833 on: April 09, 2016, 05:31:12 PM »
Thanks!
Of course, Lockheed made similar Twin-Lightnings, and more...

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #834 on: April 23, 2016, 01:05:46 PM »
Thanks to the Big Gimper's invention of a F-20XL at http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=6257.0  ;)
here is a Mirage 5 XL:   :)

Offline finsrin

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #835 on: April 23, 2016, 02:08:04 PM »
Liking P-54Z and Mirage 5 XL  :)

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #836 on: April 23, 2016, 06:32:58 PM »
The Mirage 5XL is awesome. Hmmm .... can it be built?
Work in progress ::

I am giving up listing them. They all end up on the shelf of procrastination anyways.

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Offline Tophe

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #837 on: April 24, 2016, 11:38:21 AM »
Thanks!

For building the Mirage 5XL, well, this would be a hard work in scratch, only someone like the Big Gimper could do it!

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #838 on: April 24, 2016, 12:28:49 PM »
The Mirage 5XL is awesome. Hmmm .... can it be built?

We can build anything, even the most sensible. ;D

Offline Tophe

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #839 on: April 24, 2016, 01:37:52 PM »
Uh, I know the famous wording "yes we can!" while... as far as I am concerned, I am unable to do it. The wiser would be to say "some of us can"... ;)

Offline Tophe

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #840 on: May 04, 2016, 01:36:36 AM »
The Dornier Do-118 was almost "triple-hull" (alas it was not designed, nor built of course):

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #841 on: May 04, 2016, 01:46:05 AM »
The Dornier Do-118 was almost "triple-hull" (alas it was not designed, nor built of course):

superb!!!

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #842 on: May 09, 2016, 02:39:27 AM »
Indeed! Great concept Tophe  :)
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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #843 on: May 14, 2016, 05:28:11 PM »
Thanks!

The Half-asymmetric Bv-141Hs would have been test-beds for the fully asymmetric Bv-141:

Offline Tophe

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #844 on: May 22, 2016, 10:33:58 PM »
It seems the Asymmetric-Dakota C-47S was a derivative of the push-pull Twin-Dakota C-147P:

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #845 on: May 23, 2016, 11:54:21 AM »
Love the Twin-Dak  :)
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Offline Tophe

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #846 on: May 24, 2016, 02:26:34 AM »
Thanks!

and here are the asymmetric Spitfire (Mk.61) and asymmetric Twin-Spitfire (Mk.122):

Offline apophenia

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #847 on: May 24, 2016, 09:44:09 AM »
Digging those asymmetric Spitfires  :)  Are those cockpit/nose sections from the Supermarine Attacker jet?
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Offline Tophe

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #848 on: May 24, 2016, 10:49:56 AM »
Thanks!
Well, the cockpit is just the Spitfire Mk.22 one moved forward free of engine there now (not completely free though as military men love a free nose for something else than a pilot or wheel)...

Offline Tophe

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Re: Tophe's slanting views
« Reply #849 on: June 21, 2016, 11:58:43 PM »
A P-47ZD Thunder-Yassin that I imagine bombing Deir Yassin... :(