ASW vulcan

[Martin H]

that should do the trick. it should also make it quite sturdy

[Black Knight]

i think thats the way i'm going to extend the fuselage.

[Weaver]

so i could just engrave them on to the bottom of the fuselarge?

Most certainly. Externally, all you can see of the sonobuoy set up is just a series of holes that are flush to the contours of the fuselage.

Here's the sonobuoy area of a P-3 Orion:

http://data.primeportal.net/hangar/bill_spidle/p-3c/P-3C_161010_005.JPG

There's a couple of differently sized hole types for two different sorts of sonobuoys. In 1/72 the smaller holes are around 1mm in diameter and the larger ones are around 1.5mm in diameter. You'll also notice that the holes are oval in shape, this is because the sonobuoy chutes are instaled at an angle in the aircraft.

Drilling it in would be pretty easy, you'd just have to draw out a grid on the aircraft where you want the array to be so you can keep all the holes even and in line with each other.

Also, you only need that many if the sonobuoy area is unmanned, like a sort of giant chaff dispenser. If it's got an human operator in it, reloading rotary launchers and dropping one-off specials down a manual chute, then you only need a few. The Nimrod only has four ports, IIRC.

[elmayerle]

I believe the Aria EC-18B has only four sonobouy chutes, but then their accessible from the crewed area and can be easily reloaded.  I'd say two rows of four from the crew compartment would work, though one crewman might have a primary assignment of loading them when prosecuting a target.

[Weaver]

I believe the Aria EC-18B has onlye four sonobouy chutes, but then their accessible from the crewed area and can be easily reloaded.  I'd say two rows of four from the crew compartment would work, though one crewman might have a primary assignment of loading them when prosecuting a target.

Or if space/design is an issue, you can mix and match: an array of remote fixed tubes for "standard" buoys and a couple of manual chutes for "specials".

[Black Knight]

when my nimrod arrives i will use it as a basis for the sonobouy chutes.

i was also wondering if made a mould of the parts, would any body be interested in one?

[Black Knight]

nimrod arrived yesterday and i will mould the parts for the vulcan in the next couple of weeks, vulcan should arrive soon hopefully. pics soon

[Black Knight]

picked up a vulcan today and dry fitted some of the parts and they fit perfectly , pics tommorow.