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Post subject: Re: FD scale Never Built DesignsPosted: November 10th, 2019, 10:10 am
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Interesting additions.


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Post subject: Re: FD scale Never Built DesignsPosted: November 19th, 2019, 5:33 am
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Shin Meiwa SS-2 airliner

Shin Meiwa designed several unbuilt flying boats, but the model that probably came closest to production is the airliner variant of their SS family.

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During the design for the upgraded US-2, Shin Meiwa also proposed a civilian airliner variant of their original SS design. Even with commonality with the already built PS/US series of aircraft, as all other manufacturers have discovered, there is not a sufficient modern market for amphibious airliners.


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Post subject: Re: FD scale Never Built DesignsPosted: November 19th, 2019, 9:11 am
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A shame there is no market, but a good looking concept nevertheless. Some of the giant Shin Meiwa projects were slightly nuts!

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Post subject: Re: FD scale Never Built DesignsPosted: November 21st, 2019, 1:02 pm
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Shin Meiwa LA

By 1977 Shin Meiwa had designed a complete family of jet-engined flying boat airliners to follow on from their SS design.

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The smallest model was originally called the SS-X, but redesignated LA as their light amphibian. As with all of their jet flying boats, USB engine exhausts were to be utilised to improve landing and take-off performance. Uniquely for Shin Meiwa, the LA featured retractable wing tip floats. Wind tunnel tests were to be started in late 1977, but the programme was shelved.


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Post subject: Re: FD scale Never Built DesignsPosted: November 24th, 2019, 10:42 pm
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Post subject: Re: FD scale Never Built DesignsPosted: November 28th, 2019, 3:07 am
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Grumman/Shin Meiwa ASR-544-4

As well as solo projects, Shin Meiwa also collaborated with Grumman, designing an advanced ASW flying boat.

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Amongst the advanced features was the inclusion of an ACLS, so becoming more of a flying hovercraft than a true seaplane.
Painted in the colours of an S-2E Tracker of VS-41, and as a replacement to the JMSDF PS-1.

Corrected the air ducting for the ACLS.


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Post subject: Re: FD scale Never Built DesignsPosted: November 28th, 2019, 8:53 am
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They some very futuristic ideas, nice to see them in FD scale, as a company Shin Meiwa tends to get overlooked.

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Post subject: Re: FD scale Never Built DesignsPosted: November 28th, 2019, 11:16 am
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There is a small mistake. The window to the upper left of the roundel is the intake, and small circular window to its immediate right is the exhaust for a pair of gas turbines that feeds the active boundary layer control system and the air-cushion landing system. Apologies for the overly large image.
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Post subject: Re: FD scale Never Built DesignsPosted: November 28th, 2019, 1:00 pm
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Thanks @ForceA1. I must admit I didn't refer to the internal diagram, only the 3-views, so misinterpreted that.


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Post subject: Re: FD scale Never Built DesignsPosted: November 28th, 2019, 8:22 pm
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Never heard that plane before. Any idea of what kind of engines would she had? PW JT8D perhaps?


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