C-17 Globemaster III

[Mike Wren]

I'm feeling brave & fancy ordering an Anigrand C-17 (1/144 scale of course, I'm not stupid), was thinking RAF Special Forces support a/c in green with a few lumps & bumps, like this...



any other ideas?

[Captain Canada]

any other ideas?

Nope. That would pretty much be perfect. I might suggest a few retractable cannons and miniguns in the doorways, tho, just to add to the lumpy and bumpiness. Maybe some tanks or other ECM under the wings as well.



So...have you ordered it yet ?

[simmie]

How about a C-17 to take over the antartic support work, with ski's of course.

Or a seaplane conversion??

[Mossie]

Replacement for the Herc W.2 Snoopy???  I like your idea for a special forces bird Mike.

[Archibald]

Put the four engines above the wings    

[Hobbes]

HeavyLift?

Or if you're feeling adventurous, how about a bomber version?  

[nev]

US Spec Ops would be more plausible given their propensity for calling any above average unit "special forces".  You could gather the entire UK spec ops community and it probly wouldn't fill a C-17...

A couple of companies of Rangers on the other hand...  

But yeah, green RAF C-17 with FLIR turrets and stuff    

[Mike Wren]

So...have you ordered it yet ?

I have now...    

[B777LR]

How to whiff a C-17?

KC-17A! RAF/USN Tanker with hoses

AC-17A Spectre! (what kind of huge cannon could one fit in the side of a C-17?)

E-17A! Replacement of the NATO and USAF and RAF AWACS! (dish from the heller E-3?) Sorta like this: http://www.sinodefence.com/airforce/specia...ft/y8aew_01.asp
Or perhaps this? http://www.sinodefence.com/airforce/specia...y8-kj200_02.asp

EC-17A physcological warfare version! Look here for the EC-130 and inspiration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EC-130_Commando_Solo

MC-17A! Special forces globemaster! Has a cool nose: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC-130_Combat_Talon

SC-17, submarine hunting C-17!

[Captain Canada]

US Spec Ops would be more plausible

Yeah but that takes all the fun out of it....might as well build another F-16 !

 

[Gary]

Fed Ex....  oh come on. I'm the only one who thought of that!

Thunderbird 2  ... as in Gerry Anderson. A present day sort of International Rescue used for super high tech rescue operations. But actually make machines that would be plausable with current tech.

Bill Gates personal flying wallet refueler.

Water bomber... wheres my snorkle?

Zero Gravity games arena. Live feeds for sports teams competing in zero G events. Imagine football or rugby in zero G

Flying aircraft carrier. What's his snorkle Rutan had some micro fighter designs or perhaps a mother ship for commercial passanger space flights

Strap some PW2800's over those jet housings and add some ball turrets and backdate a WW2 style bomber. Maybe something you'd find on Crimson Skies

[icchan]

Me I like the idea of the RAF Dirty Works bird.  Hell, fictionalize it where the SAS gets a big boost in the War On Terror and sets up a global raid capability.  Parachute your team in, land the bird where you need it, and if the runways are too short well that's what JATO is for.

MEC-17 Blackbeards would be interesting aircraft indeed.  Enough ELINT/ECM capability to protect your teams on the ground, air-to-air refueling as needed, and some gun bits in the doors to protect your strike force when you're on the ground.

Would be the bee's knees if you put a little slot in the bottom so it could drop free-fall Hellfires from above, that could be guided in at low-altitude by a GLD with your troop unit.

[elmayerle]

A stretched version to supplement C-5s?

[Mossie]

Boeing are trying to sell the US Army a C-17B:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/...to-us-army.html

[B777LR]

How about the C-17 was first built in the 1970s, and iran got hold of some, and still operate them today?
Or Flying Tiger Line?