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Avro Vulcan

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PR19_Kit

#135
August 16, 2014, 08:01:32 AM
It'd fit on almost anything, it's only a smallish box that hangs under the extreme tail of the Vulcan. Saw off the Nimrod's MAD boom, or use the R1 tail and I'm sure it'd fit somewhere along the underside of the tail, to suit the taper.
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Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

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McColm

#136
August 16, 2014, 09:19:56 AM
Thanks Kit :cheers:

Weaver

#137
February 24, 2018, 09:14:16 AM
Apparently this "Super-Vulcan" or "Bomber-Atlantic" appears in the latest Grand Theft Auto game:









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Rheged

#138
February 24, 2018, 10:08:47 AM
Is it my imagination, or does it have longer wings?
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McColm

#139
February 24, 2018, 01:32:15 PM
The engine air intakes resembles those on the BAe Nimrod and the cockpit is bigger.

scooter

#140
February 24, 2018, 01:51:24 PM
Quote from: McColm on February 24, 2018, 01:32:15 PM
The engine air intakes resembles those on the BAe Nimrod and the cockpit is bigger.

Looks like they grafted a B-17 cockpit structure on to it
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Captain Canada

#141
February 24, 2018, 02:08:29 PM
They should have just stuck with the real thing, looks wise  :thumbsup:
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PR19_Kit

#142
February 24, 2018, 02:14:30 PM
Quote from: Rheged on February 24, 2018, 10:08:47 AM

Is it my imagination, or does it have longer wings?


What a silly question...................of COURSE it has longer wings!  :thumbsup: ;D ;)
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

scooter

#143
February 24, 2018, 02:18:32 PM
Quote from: Captain Canada on February 24, 2018, 02:08:29 PM
They should have just stuck with the real thing, looks wise  :thumbsup:

Probably copyright issues.
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Weaver

#144
February 24, 2018, 04:01:40 PM Last Edit: February 24, 2018, 04:05:10 PM by Weaver
It's got some seriously over-scale rivets on the wings...

Those turrets would be horribly draggy: better to have to top one faired into the back of the cockpit bulge, Messerchmitt P.1099-style, fixed guns to cover the front arcs, a remote tail turret and a retractable ventral turret.
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PR19_Kit

#145
February 24, 2018, 10:53:23 PM
Whoever 'designed' it didn't look too closely at a real Vulcan's bomb doors either.

The doors on their 'Super Vulcan' are much draggier than the real thing, which effectively slide up inside the bomb bay while rotating to the open position.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Old Wombat

#146
February 25, 2018, 12:40:21 AM
It's a game, guys! :rolleyes:
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Cobra

#147
February 25, 2018, 01:29:24 AM
That Super Vulcan looks Cool,but Someone Got a Bit Too Creative with the Design. IIRC, i thought i Read somewhere about a Proposed Variant of the Vulcan that Had a Turret Set up Similar. Can Anyone Verify that? Dan

zenrat

#148
February 25, 2018, 01:38:47 AM
Surely either the ventral turret should be behind the bomb bay or it should have a tail gun.
Personally i'd go for a soviet style manned twin 20mm tail gun.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

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Weaver

#149
May 24, 2020, 08:10:03 AM
1960s scheme for launching a French Diamante A space rocket from underneath a Vulcan:



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