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| Author: | nighthunter [ October 23rd, 2011, 7:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FD scale - Alternative History or Never Build |
Wow! That is an awesome Hellcat! |
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| Author: | Novice [ October 23rd, 2011, 8:32 am ] |
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Look like the P47 Thunderbolt, excellent Hellcat Cybermax. |
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| Author: | Hood [ October 23rd, 2011, 9:59 am ] |
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What a cool idea. Actually I think anything with a bubble canopy tends to become much sleeker and doubtless it would have increased the speed of the Hellcat by a small margin too thanks to the reduced drag. The only thing it might need is more tail area to compensate. |
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| Author: | squizzy [ October 23rd, 2011, 2:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FD scale - Alternative History or Never Build |
That hellcat looks very similar to the Bearcat in having that barrel look n tear drop canopy but at a smaller size over the much larger bearcat |
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| Author: | klagldsf [ October 23rd, 2011, 4:13 pm ] | |
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What a cool idea. Actually I think anything with a bubble canopy tends to become much sleeker and doubtless it would have increased the speed of the Hellcat by a small margin too thanks to the reduced drag.
Actually the bubble canopy increases the drag slightly; that's why the "razorback" designs stuck around for as long as they did and even stuck around at all (and why later supersonic designs like the F-4 and F-102 dropped all-round visibility), it provides smoother airflow over the fuselage. But at that time all-around visibility was considered more important than the almost negligible increase in drag, and more powerful engines more than made up for it anyway.
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| Author: | Satirius [ October 24th, 2011, 11:39 am ] | |
| Post subject: | Re: FD scale - Alternative History or Never Build | |
Over at What-If Modellers KJ Lesnick is aksing for submissions to meet four concepts, two escort fighters, an early jet fighter and a jet bomber for a hypothetical independent USAF in WW2.
that panthercat
Here are my submissions which I thought I'd share with you guys here too. ![[ img ]](http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c275/hangar/USAAFAU.png) |
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| Author: | schepper911 [ October 24th, 2011, 3:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FD scale - Alternative History or Never Build |
Damn nice drawings, i especially love the B-49 Maryland |
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| Author: | ALVAMA [ October 24th, 2011, 4:12 pm ] |
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![[ img ]](http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s340/warshipsresearch/FokkerAmerikaFA42.png)
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| Author: | heuhen [ October 24th, 2011, 4:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FD scale - Alternative History or Never Build |
da da da da da da da! |
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| Author: | Rhade [ October 24th, 2011, 5:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FD scale - Alternative History or Never Build |
 ... a ... e ... yyyyy ... ( overwhelming by awesome of this design ... he pass out )
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