Aircraft Mock-Ups

[johnbr]

 

[Capt. Vick]

Never saw that one before. Nice!

 

[fubar57]

Not so much about mock-ups but this looks like a spiffy book...


Geo

 

[Capt. Vick]

Might be worth a look my friend.

 

[nuuumannn]

turret on the Mossie....No way....

Yep, Wayne, you might be surprised to learn that the only way the Mossie was accepted for development was that a rear tail turret was to be fitted to it. There are drawings somewhere, but I can't find any right now. AVMs Tedder and Sholto Douglas agreed in November 1939 that it would only be effective if it had a rear facing gun turret for defence. DH did investigate the idea and crunched numbers and on 12 November two prototypes were ordered by Tedder with a four gun turret. It was at a meeting on 22 November that Freeman raised objections to the turret and it was eventually dropped and a production order for an unarmed photo recon aircraft was eventually agreed based on the unarmed proposal, although it still wasn't a bomber yet.

 

[johnbr]

 

[Capt. Vick]

Oh man! The Airacuda! One of my all time favorites! I will never understand how it got into production, especially in the 1930's!

 

[Capt. Vick]

Geo,

I looked at some reviews on Amazon and the books seem a little "light". Do you have the Jones books on US Bombers, US Fighters or US Naval Fighters? Those three books are, in a word, AWESOME and can be found on the used book market for peanuts. Trust Jimbo

 

[Capt. Vick]

Cool! Bell Airacuda! One of my favs. Can't believe she actually got built, especially in the 1930's.

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice stuff...

 

[johnbr]

LTV XC-142
Aircraft model
The Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142 is a tiltwing experimental aircraft designed to investigate the operational suitability of vertical/short takeoff and landing transports. Wikipedia
Top speed: 400 mph
Range: 820.2 mi
Weight: 22,640 lbs
Cruise speed: 235 mph
Wingspan: 68′ 0″
Engine type: General Electric T64
First flight: September 29, 1964

 

[johnbr]

 

[FLYBOYJ]

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Many years ago I was given a flight and maintenance manual for this aircraft - years later sold them on E Bay - $$$$$$$

 

[johnbr]

Aichi M6a Seiran
Max sp-256kt at 5'200m[295mph at 17'060ft]

 

[Capt. Vick]

Great stuff guys. Thanks for posting.

 

[Wayne Little]

weird and wonderful!

 

[johnbr]

B-58 mo

ck-up

 

[Capt. Vick]

Brilliant! A lost art really.

 

[johnbr]

Lockheed XPB-3/XFM-2 (precursor to P-38) or

 

[Capt. Vick]

Wha?