Common Support Aerospacecraft - CSA. Navy and Marines Utility Dropship

[Rafael]

This is my complement for the MEV-L build... The first generation Navy and Marine Grav ship. It will appear in my GB diorama along with the MEV-L vehicle.

This is a first generation Grav ship, so no big wings, props or jets, just the gravity drive. This aerospacecraft was big, something like 36 meters long, and had a cavernous cargo compartment able to carry 2 MEV-L or APCs . It was deployed into the fleet and was an immediate success. It can carry troops, cargo for COD (carrier on-board delivery), vehicles and equipment and can also be configured for long-range SAR, AEW, ASW and ASuW, so it's a real multipurpose craft.

It revolutionized ship-to-shore operations in such a way, that it quickly replaced LCACs and the likes. And the Marines ordered new classes of amphibious warfare ships to accommodate their longer hulls and also ordered their bigger brothers, with larger cargo holds able to transport up to 5 vehicles each.

OK, this is the premise behind this vehicle, and without much more preamble, here it is in its WIP stage:

Model is 50 centimeters long and its silhouette is copied from a drawing I found in the net.


This is the Navy variant. The Marine Corps Variant is bigger, while maintaining the same length.



It has to be BIG, because first gen gravity drives are supposed to be bulky



Stay tuned....

Rafa


It has to be BIG, because first gen gravity drives are supposed to be bulky

[ChernayaAkula]

Interesting shape!  Will be following the progress on this one closely!