Fokker F-28 COD/Tanker

[Gondor]

Glad to see that finished at last. It looks great as well 

Gondor

[McColm]

Does look good.

[Thorvic]

That looks superb, should turn a few head at the shows especially when you put up the brochure next to it 

[TomZ]

Looks great Hobbes!



TomZ

[Mossie]

Well worth waiting for, really like this one.

[FAR148]

She turn out great

[Spey_Phantom]

it really turned out great  
nice work.

[NARSES2]

Great work Harro

[TallEng]

That turned out good
But it's a bit hard to imagine something like a Fokker 100 being catapulted off a deck.
I have visions of the catapult hurling the nose leg and actuators off the end of the ship
And the rest of the airframe rocking gently on its main wheels before it falls flat on its nose 

Regards
Keith

[sandiego89]

Excellent, glad you got it over the finish line.  That overhead shot really shows how pudgy it is.  Well done

[Hobbes]

But it's a bit hard to imagine something like a Fokker 100 being catapulted off a deck.
I have visions of the catapult hurling the nose leg and actuators off the end of the ship
And the rest of the airframe rocking gently on its main wheels before it falls flat on its nose 

I've seen slow-motion footage of a C-2 taking off or landing, you can see the skin ripple as the whole airframe deforms under load.

[Weaver]

Oh yes, that looks very good - well done! 

[Captain Canada]

That looks so good ! Nice work Hobbes ! LOve the way she looks all reared up and ready to roll.

[retro_seventies]

Spot on! 

[Hobbes]

I came across a story in the Flight Global archive that had some interesting info. The story is about Fokker's program for assisting airlines with rough-field operations. The writer got to have a go in Fokker's F-28 simulator; the last scenario they queued up for him was a landing on USS Forrestal!

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%200414.html