Beyond The Sprues

Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: dy031101 on February 04, 2014, 11:38:31 AM

Title: DOAK VZ-4
Post by: dy031101 on February 04, 2014, 11:38:31 AM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doak_VZ-4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doak_VZ-4)

(http://i.imgur.com/HGTv4rh.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/LKOWJEx.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/ecfon9R.jpg)

I was never awared of this experimental plane before.

Once again, I am thinking of a missileer development- revised airframe with retractable landing gears, a compact radar (Sea Vixen?), and four to six AMRAAM-D or Meteor?
Title: Re: DOAK VZ-4
Post by: Kerick on February 04, 2014, 11:49:17 AM: Looks like the perfect escort gunship for the V-22!
Title: Re: DOAK VZ-4
Post by: finsrin on February 04, 2014, 04:17:23 PM: Quote from: kerick on February 04, 2014, 11:49:17 AM
Looks like the perfect escort gunship for the V-22!

Sure does :)
Especially in a styrene air force.

Stick with fixed gear for lighter, simpler, less expensive ?
Need retracting to stay with or ahead of V-22 top speed ?
Title: Re: DOAK VZ-4
Post by: Rickshaw on February 04, 2014, 07:58:29 PM: Anigrand do a model of it. (http://www.anigrand.com/AA2008_VZ-4.htm)
Title: Re: DOAK VZ-4
Post by: LemonJello on February 04, 2014, 09:09:21 PM: Quote from: Rickshaw on February 04, 2014, 07:58:29 PM
Anigrand do a model of it. ([url]http://www.anigrand.com/AA2008_VZ-4.htm[/url])

Bah! Wrong scale.

It does look pretty cool, I like the ducted fans.
Title: Re: DOAK VZ-4
Post by: elmayerle on February 05, 2014, 11:15:01 AM: To escort the V-22, you'd probably need retracting gear since it does. Along these lines, perhaps a Bell AX-22 as an escort? Again, ducted fans tilted for vstol operations.
Title: Re: DOAK VZ-4
Post by: Weaver on February 05, 2014, 08:15:28 PM: Quote from: LemonJello on February 04, 2014, 09:09:21 PM
Quote from: Rickshaw on February 04, 2014, 07:58:29 PM
Anigrand do a model of it. ([url]http://www.anigrand.com/AA2008_VZ-4.htm[/url])

Bah! Wrong scale.

It does look pretty cool, I like the ducted fans.

Therse may be of interest to you then:

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,28009.0/highlight,mushroom.html (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,28009.0/highlight,mushroom.html)

Some of the bigger fans are probably right for 1/48th.
Title: Re: DOAK VZ-4
Post by: LemonJello on February 05, 2014, 09:14:45 PM: Quote from: Weaver on February 05, 2014, 08:15:28 PM

Therse may be of interest to you then:

[url]http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,28009.0/highlight,mushroom.html[/url] ([url]http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,28009.0/highlight,mushroom.html[/url])

Some of the bigger fans are probably right for 1/48th.

Bookmarked for future procurement - Thanks!
Title: Re: DOAK VZ-4
Post by: Kerick on February 06, 2014, 09:32:04 AM: Quote from: elmayerle on February 05, 2014, 11:15:01 AM
To escort the V-22, you'd probably need retracting gear since it does. Along these lines, perhaps a Bell AX-22 as an escort? Again, ducted fans tilted for vstol operations.
I was thinking of something like an A-10 fuselage with straight or slightly swept wings with two ducted fans. Would an aircraft like this even need flaps and such? I can see control surfaces for high speed level flight.
Title: Re: DOAK VZ-4
Post by: dy031101 on February 07, 2014, 02:10:39 AM: Another idea: maybe using MB-326 or -339 fuselage as a starting point?
Title: Re: DOAK VZ-4
Post by: Weaver on February 07, 2014, 02:15:03 AM: Take any helo gunship fuselage sans engines and stick a plank wing across the top of the fuselage where the rotor head used to be. The old Italeri tandem-Hokum would be good because it's pretty streamlined and doesn't immediately look like any real helo.
Title: Re: DOAK VZ-4
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 07, 2014, 02:18:26 AM: Doak VZ-4 VTOL Aircraft "Army R and D Progress Report 1" 1960 US Army (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vbVN1JQGY8#)