Chin Turret Harrier?

[elmayerle]

Okay, then go with the 25mm Bushmaster in the trainable mount.

[nev]

y'know, that nose has a bit of a G-91 look to it once you cut away the chin turret...

[mwf4nut]

Hmmmm, I kinda like the chin gun but if it was a belly turret it could be twin barrelled or even a gatling gun

This would be kind of like the turret on the YOV-10D.  That would look really neat.  How about a belly turret with a gun and a 7-shot rocket pod just for that extra kick?

Damn, come to think of it, this would look good on an A-10 too!

I know, I know.....I'll go back to my corner now and take my pills....

[GTX]

You could always use the cannon mount from the Mil-28:




Regards,

Greg

[Joe C-P]

1/72 2 seater USMC Harrier - check
1/72 AH-1 - check

But the weapons from the AH-1 were supposed to go on a USMC Rotodyne.

Decisions, decisions...  

[Jeffry Fontaine]

The IPMS(UK) Harrier & JSF Special Interest Group (SIG) has a WHIF Harrier/Apache in the gallery


'Mad Max' Longbow Harrier - 1/48 Scale Model by John Rose 

I wonder if anyone else has attempted this with the AH-1 Cobra fuselage?  It would look a lot sleeker and with the early curved canopy and windscreen might be a tad better looking. 

[ysi_maniac]

I wonder if anyone else has attempted this with the AH-1 Cobra fuselage?

^^^^^^
Would be really COOL

[kitnut617]

The dreaded white squares with red crosses have appeared so I can't see what the original idea was, but wouldn't the chin turret from a Comanche work

[BlackOps]

I'd forgotten about this  Fixed the original links. Now I'm thinking about this again

[Doc Yo]

 Y'know, I think you could avoid the whole ingestion problem if you went with two turrets, one on each wing...

[ChernayaAkula]

The chin turret on the Harrier is pretty kick-donkey!  Maybe have the ammo stored in the belly packs and run chutes from and to the gun from there?

Like on the A-129 Mangusta?

[kitnut617]

Ooo! a five bladed Mangusta ---- with a turret too    Haven't seen that one before.

After seeing your images Jeff, I think the Comanche turret would work very well.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Maybe a Russian version using a Yak Forger and the forward fuselage of the Mi-28?  Might be asking too much of the Forger airframe but it would certainly be interesting. 

[deathjester]

Maybe a Russian version using a Yak Forger and the forward fuselage of the Mi-28?  Might be asking too much of the Forger airframe but it would certainly be interesting. 

How about using the Yak Freestyle VTOL fighter, with the nose of the Kamov Ka-58 Werewolf?  Would have much better performance

[Weaver]

Not sure quite what the idea is, but do remember that a Harrier has a VERY limited hover endurance, due to it needing water injection to cool the engine when hovering. It might take off like a helicopter, but it can't hide in the tree tops for half an hour waiting for the enemy to come along.

On the other hand, if the idea is a turreted level-flight gunship like the OV-10D, then that should work a treat. The turret would be better on the fuselage hardpoints amidships though, so that recoil forces go through the CofG instead of kicking the nose around. Mind you, with the Harriers Reaction Control System, you could, if clever enough, devise a scheme that used the RCV jets to counteract the recoil of a nose turret: gun fires left, right front and left rear RCVs open... Hmmmmmm