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Future USAF tanker .... !

Started by Deino, June 07, 2006, 05:11:17 AM

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June 07, 2006, 05:11:17 AM Last Edit: June 07, 2006, 05:12:02 AM by Deino
Hey, what a nice what-if !!!   :o   :wub:

(found at the secret projects page and posted by Matej !)

Cheers, Deino
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My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one:
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods:
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
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W.H.Auden (1945

Archibald

#1
June 07, 2006, 05:32:42 AM
GENIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!!!
I plan to do a Sonic Cruiser using a 777 as basis... We have talked about this subject some weeks ago, saying that the KC-Sonic Cruiser could have supercruised with the F-22 :)
Brilliant idea!!!  
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

Sentinel Chicken

#2
June 07, 2006, 07:32:16 AM
I had posted over on the Secret Projects forum that this was done by a friend of mine as a sort of tongue-in-cheek joke for an aviation model collectors' forum. Back around 2001 or so he and I were playing around with some possible Sonic Cruiser configurations as Boeing hadn't released much in terms of specifics other than some CGI imagery.

He'd just taken his boys to an airshow at March ARB in Riverside and we joked about a Sonic Cruiser with a refuelling boom off the back.

That said, there were studies by Convair for a supersonic tanker based on the B-58 and there also studies for a tanker version of the SR-71 Blackbird.  

Deino

#3
June 07, 2006, 07:55:11 AM
Thanks; I just read Your post at the secret projects tread !

Anyway a very interesting concept !

Cheers, Deino    :D  
...
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one:
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods:
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
-
W.H.Auden (1945

Archibald

#4
June 07, 2006, 08:25:02 AM
Their was an even crazier concept, in the first day of the space shuttle program...
Fuel consuption of rocket engine is enormous, so the shuttle had (has) to carry an enormous fuel tank... or not, if you decide for flight refuelling! To test this daring concept, two X-15 must flew in formation at MACH6 (yes, mach6!!!)!!!
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

Gary

#5
June 07, 2006, 11:25:29 AM
That's brilliant!
I have been struggling to scratch build that thing for weeks. I've been struggling with the engine intakes, no clue how to build them. I had intended on getting the puppy finished and casting copies, or giving the masters to someone who can make copies.

I've been spinning the fuselage and the wings are easy, but I have no reference materials for the engines.

Hmmm, I wonder if Boeing has any copies to spare?
Getting back into modeling

GTX

#6
June 07, 2006, 02:53:04 PM
Damn,

Thant is one nice profile - makes the standard AAR tankers look boring.

SC,

Please tell your friend that he does superb work (Why isn't he here???) - are there any more Sonic Cruiser profiles?

Regards,

Greg
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

dragon

#7
June 07, 2006, 07:42:38 PM
Canards!   :wub:  I love it! :cheers:  B)  
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"I must really be crazy to be in a looney bin like this" - Jack Nicholson in the movie ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST

Ollie

#8
June 08, 2006, 04:50:38 AM
PURE WICKEDNESS!!!!

:D  :rolleyes:  :D  :wub:  :cheers:  :cheers:  :cheers:  

Archibald

#9
June 08, 2006, 05:00:18 AM


Here's something we can use to make profiles, no? :)  
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.
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