GregP
Major
OK, you've heard of the P-38 Lightning, but have you ever heard of the Thunder?
Never made it into squadron service, though ...
Never made it into squadron service, though ...
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ScreamingLighting
Airman
Blackburn 'Twin Blackburn', 1915. Long range anti-zeppelin seaplane.
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Wasn't that a fake one for some ad agency (or something like that)?
ScreamingLighting
Airman
And that's a ship borne torpedo, did you get this off of DeviantArt?
You sure that's not a late April fool joke ?
With the wing spars going right thru that part of the nacelles, all the piping for the coolant, the exhaust to the turbo, AND the return ductwork from the turbo. I just don't see how you could put a pilot where all this other equipment has to go.
Plus, where's the nose gear???
With the wing spars going right thru that part of the nacelles, all the piping for the coolant, the exhaust to the turbo, AND the return ductwork from the turbo. I just don't see how you could put a pilot where all this other equipment has to go.
Plus, where's the nose gear???
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fubar57
General
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Geo
Geo
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kool kitty89
Senior Master Sergeant
Good one, but ... a couple days late.
And the pilots/canopies are scaled down. P-38 nacelles are pretty tight and narrower than the center gondola's cockpit section.
On a slightly serious note, the P-40 would be a better basis for that sort of configuration.
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GregP
Major
HAS to be a fake. Otherwise how would you ever get the exhaust to the turbocharger? Having worked on several P-38's I can tell you there is a LOT of stuff where the cockpit is located above.
The pilot's butt and the main gear will occupy the same space, too.
But it's a pretty good fake, isn't it?
I think it was from deviantart, but merely posted it when I stumbled across it. Too good a job to pass up.
The pilot's butt and the main gear will occupy the same space, too.
But it's a pretty good fake, isn't it?
I think it was from deviantart, but merely posted it when I stumbled across it. Too good a job to pass up.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
P-38 first flight: January 1939
P-61 first flight: May 1942
SM.92 first flight: October 1943
Bf109Z built, damaged in air raid before flight testing 1943
Me609 never built
F-82 first flight: June 1945
fubar57
General
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GregP
Major
That's not a Torpedo, it's beer keg ...
Yes, to be used to replenish the beer provision to U.S. garrisons in the most remote Pacific Islands, even the tiniest without a landing strip: all you have to do is to launch the torpedo keg.
Technology goes on in comparison to those coarse barrels under the Spit wings.....
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just don't look right....
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Big clue beneath the picture, in the form of the Copyright details.
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GregP
Major
I nsuppose photoshop only let's you doi so much ...
fubar57
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