vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Aircraft Mock-Ups
- Thread starter Capt. Vick
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Nice shot! Looks much better with nose ballast.
ODonovan
Airman 1st Class
Is it just me or does the fuselage just aft of the cockpit look higher in the first Hustler image? The curve of the top of the fuselage looks more pronounced. You can really see it by looking at the cabin windows, aft of the cockpit. In the first image, there is a "hump" above the window. In the second image, both windows have almost the same amount of fuselage curve above them. When I saw the first image, I immediately searched the web. I can't find any production aircraft that have that much curve. I found a few scale models that look similar, but they could have been made from blueprints of the earlier version of the fuselage, before the hump was "shaved down."
EDIT: I found another image that DOES appear to show the hump.
Any experts want to let this nOoB know what the circular area on the hump is? Thanks in advance!
-Irish
EDIT: I found another image that DOES appear to show the hump.
Any experts want to let this nOoB know what the circular area on the hump is? Thanks in advance!
-Irish
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Niceoldguy58
Airman
- 97
- Mar 2, 2010
XO-911 photos on approx. page 32.
These are photos of the Curtiss mockup of what would eventually become the XO-40, which appeared in several different iterations, especially in the wing configuration.
AlanG
These are photos of the Curtiss mockup of what would eventually become the XO-40, which appeared in several different iterations, especially in the wing configuration.
AlanG
WJPearce
Airman 1st Class
I have books and I know how to use them. That is the UHF Command Radio Antenna (AN/ARC-57).
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
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johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
Baade 153A Mockup
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
Xp-56 mockup
Nice stuff guys!
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
ODonovan
Airman 1st Class
Thank you! I was thinking it had something to do with commo gear, given the placement. RADAR in the front, antennas up top in the center.
Having books is a good thing.
-Irish
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
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It looks like. The shape is very similart to the Liore et Olivier LeO-300/301 bomber series.
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Wow, that's cool!
buffnut453
Captain
French and ugly...what a surprise!
ODonovan
Airman 1st Class
It appears the LeO 30 IS the 300. Since there was only ever one built, that must be it. Plus, that is the photo Wikipedia has for it, from the 1932 Paris Air Show. It flew, for the first time, in September of '33, so it's very possible it was shown at the air show while under construction.
-Irish
fubar57
General
Good stuff John. Went to the airshow, stayed for the buffet (ya gotta look closely)
