Transall C-160, conversions that never made it into service

[Jay-Jay]

Seeing a C-160 along a C-130 during a French Air Force Base Open Day, I confirm that a C-160 is a big tall girl, as big as a C-130 and that is surprising.
a 4 engines C-160 or a jet engines C-160 would have been HUGE indeed 

[McColm]

I've got a pair of C-130 wings from my Bristol Superfreighter Project that I scraped. Although the Superfeighter does look like a smaller version of the C-161, so I might be able to salvage some parts.
Looks like I'm going to buy the Revel kit after all.

[ericr]

There was the flying boat version built under license by Shorts, gave good service for many years. Details at this link.

beautiful! that would deserve a 1/72 version!

and also, why not, a C-130 transplantation of the flying boat idea.

[PR19_Kit]

and also, why not, a C-130 transplantation of the flying boat idea.

That's been mentioned more than once here, maybe under the C-130 topic? Of course Lockheed planned to do it themselves too but never got around to building the full size version, spoilsports!

[ericr]

and also, why not, a C-130 transplantation of the flying boat idea.

That's been mentioned more than once here, maybe under the C-130 topic? Of course Lockheed planned to do it themselves too but never got around to building the full size version, spoilsports!

the floatplane version has existed at least in images and simulators, though ...
(and I comitted a red model of it some time ago)

[McColm]

One of my long term projects is to use the Airfix 1/72 C-130E/H/K from my stash a long with the wing/engines from a Airfix 1/72 BAe Nimrod. The bolt-on hull comes from a Playfix Be-6.
Having shelved my plan for a float plane Lockheed C-69/L-749 Constellation, I could use the 1/48 floats on my 1/72 Heller C-160 kit instead. Replace the turboprop engines with over the wing CFMs on pylons or TF-33s.

[PR19_Kit]

the floatplane version has existed at least in images and simulators, though ...
(and I comitted a red model of it some time ago)

What I meant by '....building the full size version....' was that Lockheed DID build large scale R/C models of the project, and they were pretty darn big too, wll over 10 ft wing span!

[McColm]

Something to do with a firm in Australia that were going to manufacture the conversion kits.

[McColm]

There's an alternative design, add the wings and engines from a Airfix BAe Nimrod and give it a T-tail. So it looks similar to the Armstrong Whitworth HS.802.
Or go for a radical tilt wing V/STOL.

[AS.12]

Courtesy of the Flight Archive http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1965/1965%20-%201799.html, the 100-seat civil Transall proposal. 

Redesigned tail section and an air-stair aft of the sponson, looks rather pretty. 

No further information in the main text.  I've searched for several years but have never found any other images or references to this project.



As I write this in January 2013, ATR have just announced that they are to develop a new 90-seat twin-turboprop airliner.  48 years late...

[Mossie]

Here's a couple from the Secret Projects thread I posted earlier:
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,406.0.html

Another view of the model:


General Arrangement:

[AS.12]

Here's a couple from the Secret Projects thread I posted earlier:

Fantastic, thanks Mossie!  I cannot see the images at SP, seems to take weeks to be approved as a member, so I appreciate the previews.

What a gorgeous airliner.

[McColm]

Thanks for the info,  I don't know how I missed this