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From the artist's description:

QuoteCommissioned artwork ,A "What IF "scene ....colors based of the Dokuritsu 83rd chutai Reconnaissance unit for the Arado Ar 234 ,the idea behind the scene is to cover an Allies Invation and report back details about the attack ! Hope you like it !

We might have seen a GeeBee fighter before?



https://www.deviantart.com/mercenarygraphics/art/GeeBee-Fuerza-Aerea-Colombiana-847466889

I remember seeing one or two on the forum before, was it this one though? It doesn't matter to me as I love GeeBee's!

Twinned F-15

https://www.deviantart.com/bispro/art/Boeing-M-735-Twin-Eagle-184199810

Quote from: Flyer on July 12, 2022, 02:30:09 AM
Twinned F-15
https://www.deviantart.com/bispro/art/Boeing-M-735-Twin-Eagle-184199810

Thanks!
The Photoshop "author" of this picture, signing Bispro now, was Stargazer2006 here but he prefers now to post elsewhere alas (last active here in 2017).

Yes, I miss Stargazer's stuff here, he's VERY good.

The Gee Bee R-1/2 "longtail" which used the rebuilt R-1 fuselage extended by two feet, and had an increased size conventional vertical fin and an enlarged rudder, would be a more likely basis for a fighter. The wings of the wrecked R-2 were reused.

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Interesting.

By using the name Watermaker rather than Water Bomber are they suggesting that it somehow induces rainfall, perhaps by chemical means ?

Quote from: NARSES2 on August 23, 2022, 05:53:22 AMInteresting.

By using the name Watermaker rather than Water Bomber are they suggesting that it somehow induces rainfall, perhaps by chemical means ?

No, its a play on the Peacemaker moniker of the B-36

Cheers Scoot    I did wonder, but then thought maybe they'd taken the concept farther ? Wonder how much water it could carry ?

Quote from: NARSES2 on August 23, 2022, 06:17:21 AMCheers Scoot    I did wonder, but then thought maybe they'd taken the concept farther ? Wonder how much water it could carry ?

That's a really good question.  According to Wiki the bomb bay had to be modified by merging the fore and aft bays to carry the Mk17, at 25' x 5'.  A quick and dirty calculation says about 491 cubic feet of water, based on the dimensions of the Mk17

I need to go away and compare that with current in service water bombers - cheers 

Quote from: NARSES2 on August 23, 2022, 06:37:37 AMI need to go away and compare that with current in service water bombers - cheers 

About half that of the Martin Mars (3700 gals for the B-36, vs 7200 for the Mars), but about 8 times the amount for a FireBoss.

Cheers Scoot