P-40 Sp

[Eddie M.]

Thanks for letting me throw my project into the ring! Here's what I've got so far....
  Eddie

[ysi_maniac]

That looks superb !      

[Eddie M.]

That looks superb !    

Thank you! I had to go and make things difficult for myself, but what else is new.   I chopped the flaps and ailerons, rebuilt them and then dropped them.
  Eddie

[Daryl J.]

Oh this is good too!    


Daryl J.

[B777LR]

Is it done yet?

Nudge nudge
Bump bump

Wink wink

[Brian da Basher]

Ohhhhh man this one just keeps getting better and better! Go, Eddie, go!!!

Brian da Basher

[Captain Canada]

Nice one, Eddie !

Looks like a cross betwen a post-war racer and a fighter.......in other words, fast and mean !

 

[Mossie]

Very nice Eddie, the early short tail versions make sense for a racer, lighter with better yaw moment.  Just a suggestion, but may be clip the wingtips & horizontail tail straighter?

PS Sorry Ed, realised I've posted late & I apologise if your much further on & I'm suggesting changes!

[John Howling Mouse]

Ohhhhhhhh, dropped flaps and ailerons....mmmm......gaaaaglllggghhhhh!!!!

[Leigh]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwww I'm kinda bummed that it's ceased to be a bi-plane.
Mind you it does look the part of a racer. Clipped wings and tail is a good idea too you'd have people really doing a double take as to whether it started life as a P-40 or a Mustang.

[Eddie M.]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwww I'm kinda bummed that it's ceased to be a bi-plane.
Mind you it does look the part of a racer. Clipped wings and tail is a good idea too you'd have people really doing a double take as to whether it started life as a P-40 or a Mustang.

Just so happens I found another P-40 to do the biplane.  I was thinking about the clipping the wings and tail. I'm glad y'all were thinking the same thing. B)
  Eddie  

[Eddie M.]

Very nice Eddie, the early short tail versions make sense for a racer, lighter with better yaw moment.  Just a suggestion, but may be clip the wingtips & horizontail tail straighter?

PS Sorry Ed, realised I've posted late & I apologise if your much further on & I'm suggesting changes!

Here's the clipped version. Looks much better. Thanks for the suggestion. B)





Also, here's an idea that I had to use a P-51 frame that Jeffry F. sent me. I had a vision of a Howard Hughes type aircraft. Don't know what will come of it, but here it is.
 Eddie

[Brian da Basher]

Oh yes!!! The clipped wings really enhance the look of this sleek bird! Yet another masterful modification!

I like that Howard Huges meets a Warthog thing you've got going on there too! It's alomost a T-tail! A certain Mr. Howling Mouse will be drooling.

Brian da Basher

[Mossie]

You never fail to surpise Eddie!  Add canards & it's very Burt Rutan, a bit on the lines of the Predator 480.  You could crop dust a whole States fields in a couple of hours!!!

[ysi_maniac]

Your P-40 is just a BEAUTY      

BTW the Hughes' is like a spanish project: HA-500 Alacrán (a kind of scorpion):
http://www.fag.es/aviacion/historia/Hispan...a500maqueta.jpg