Peregrine

cthulhu77 · January 28, 2007, 09:58:38 AM

Hull finally togther, puttied, and now primed...also, started work on the main lifting rotors:

anthonyp · January 28, 2007, 10:11:22 AM

Looking good, Greg!

John Howling Mouse · January 28, 2007, 10:32:23 AM

Cool switcheroo on the scheme details. This is going to have an almost disorienting, hypnotic effect!

Go Greg Go!

cthulhu77 · January 28, 2007, 02:35:18 PM

Well, I certainly feel disconcerted !

Gonna give the new main rotors a special "twist" :

Brian da Basher · January 28, 2007, 06:39:07 PM

Yowsa Greg yet another amazing masterpiece is emerging from your workshop! I gotta admit I know zero about Mechwarrior stuff, but if your in-progress pics are any indication, this is gonna be one of the hottest helos to come down the pike in a while. Awesome!

Brian da Basher

cthulhu77 · January 28, 2007, 07:34:17 PM

This one is turning out to be too much fun...had to stretch the math as well as the modeling skills today!

How about a chopter that can go forward, and with the flip of one rotor, go vertical? (yeah, I know, but the wing loading actually pans out) The rotor hub is made from some styrene tubing and pieces of my bic razor:

*note: the cockpit isn't glued in place yet, so it looks crooked...no worries.

cthulhu77 · January 30, 2007, 04:08:13 PM

Couldn't resist the funky design on the radar dome...just had to be done!

Rafael · January 30, 2007, 04:16:05 PM

I'm enjoying every minute of this build!!!!
Rafa

John Howling Mouse · January 30, 2007, 06:00:49 PM

Cool, absolutely but, sorry, I am totally baffled: don't know how these newfangled rotor-thingies of yours would work. Is this something along the lines of Ahnold's aircraft in "The Sixth Day" or totally different concept?

Signed,
Dim Bulb In Edmonton :dum:

cthulhu77 · January 30, 2007, 09:28:39 PM

I am still working out some of the bugs mechanically speaking...but the ends will have turbofan engines, and large flaperons will be added also. You also will have to suspend reality a bit, since this is supposed to be taking place hundreds of years in the future.
The general idea is that the large bladed rotors can act as wing surfaces when angled the same, or flipped to be a chopter. The wing surfaces can also act as steering mechanisms in and of themselves, much like a hawk's wing. Hence the Peregrine (yeah, I know, that's a falcon).

The instability of it would have to be countered by a massive computer, but the ability to change direction and flight path would be tremendous. All of this because I broke one of the rotors off the original kit stock... :dum:

cthulhu77 · January 31, 2007, 06:14:44 PM

Started work on the flaperon thingies...I am hoping for a ton of actuating struts, etc, by the time it's all done...this will be a glass-case job for sure!

Brian da Basher · January 31, 2007, 06:49:19 PM

I'm enjoying watching you at work on this one Greg! In fact I am enjoying watching your build progress more than I enjoyed the "Warplane" series on PBS.

I think all your builds were worthy of the "glass case" treatment.

Brian da Basher

Leigh · January 31, 2007, 07:02:47 PM

I have no idea wot you guys are talking about clans, flaperons, mechweirdos but I'm interested.

cthulhu77 · January 31, 2007, 09:25:16 PM

was looking for something online and ran across this...not too bad, though the freebirth wolf clan is featured:

http://www.daveschool.com/mechwarrior/index.html

Why oh why not Jade Falcon?

http://www.classicbattletech.com/index.php...age=Jade_Falcon

cthulhu77 · February 01, 2007, 09:43:44 AM

Crap, and here I thought I was being so clever, when it's already been done:

http://ffmedia.ign.com/the6thday/multimedi...hispercraft.jpg