To fill the C-130s shoes as a Whiff

[McColm]

Hi,
Even as the new generation C-130J's were built Lockheed was thinking of a replacement, they had teamed up with Karem Aircraft and put forward the TR75.
This is a C-130 sized aircraft with two very large tilt rotors on each wing.
Piasecki has been working with Bell, Boeing and Sikorsky in helicopter development. On having a duct rear rotor or tilt-duct rotors as their mock ups suggest for the Chinook.
I know that there are another topics dealing with Tilt and Quads rotors.
Another choice would be the Airbus A400M or AN-70 larger than the C-130 but smaller than the C-17. Even the YC-15 seems feasible or quad V-22.
This leads me back to the Lockheed P-3 as a sort of Mini-Mini Guppy. The P-3 lacks the STOL, but this is the land of Whiff where these ideas remain locked in the mind and will only fly in a simulator or if they get built in the R/C world.
Pics to follow.

[Mossie]

Upgraded Shorts Belfast as alternative to the A400M, glass cockpit, TP400's, composite construction, scimitar props?

[tigercat]

Dual use  Helicopter/ Aircraft  engines in pylon on top of fuselage  wings/ rotors can be added as needed depending on what you need.

edit scratch that idea as I've just realised i've come up with a very complicated way of having something with the capabilities of  an Osprey with the possibility of the wings falling off because someones not tightened the bolts enough

[McColm]

The only problem with the Shorts Belfast is that I can't get hold of a model in my price range. The AN-12/40 or the Chinese copy the Y-8 are coming availible. Even a shortened AN-22 would do.

[tigercat]

Extended guppified 4 engined  Bristol Superfreighter

[McColm]

The Bristol Superfreighter, that's a good idea!!