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James

#60
June 18, 2011, 07:27:05 AM Last Edit: June 18, 2011, 07:29:40 AM by James
Quote from: Rheged on May 19, 2011, 03:06:19 AM
This is so utterly ludicrous that it needs built!   It's even more ridiculous than a Belfast gunship with an ex HMS  Nelson 16 inch gun sticking out the nose. 

I want to see one of those!  RAF SEAC....Vietnam.... :wacko: Like an extreme version of the Halifax with a 75 mm in the nose that is on my work bench.

GTX

#61
June 18, 2011, 12:59:33 PM
QuoteHUPLCLAWS: the Human Powered Light CLose Air-support Weapon System.

Mind you, the additional power available during engagement with the enemy (i.e. due to adrenalin) would be useful... ;)
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Martin H

#62
June 18, 2011, 01:12:21 PM
Quote from: GTX on June 18, 2011, 12:59:33 PM
QuoteHUPLCLAWS: the Human Powered Light CLose Air-support Weapon System.

Mind you, the additional power available during engagement with the enemy (i.e. due to adrenalin) would be useful... ;)

Certainly would bring in a new meaning for the term "After burner"
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rickshaw

#63
June 20, 2011, 03:43:43 AM
Quote from: Martin H on June 18, 2011, 01:12:21 PM
Quote from: GTX on June 18, 2011, 12:59:33 PM
QuoteHUPLCLAWS: the Human Powered Light CLose Air-support Weapon System.

Mind you, the additional power available during engagement with the enemy (i.e. due to adrenalin) would be useful... ;)

Certainly would bring in a new meaning for the term "After burner"

Mmm, the Indians could be particularly good at providing fuel for the motor...
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tigercat

#64
June 20, 2011, 04:23:04 AM Last Edit: June 20, 2011, 04:33:18 AM by tigercat
HUPLCLAWS: the Human Powered Light CLose Air-support Weapon System

The nomenclature leaves open the possibility for a

HUPHCLAWS or Heavy maybe based round a tandem

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A340 Railbus.   Rail mounted aircraft based round a train carriage

No need to worry about that extra runway just find a nice long  straight bit of rail line  of course landing might be a problem

but  stop the designers of Crewe Aircraft  have thought of this and the A340 Railbus  is amphibious

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James

#65
June 20, 2011, 08:20:11 AM
Quote from: tigercat on June 20, 2011, 04:23:04 AM
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Avro Lancaster crop duster squadron 634 "Apres nous le DDT."

How about using a Mossie instead?  ;D

Skyler

#66
July 23, 2011, 09:23:27 AM
This is a really bad idea- the Mosquito fire bomber.  :wacko:

Spey_Phantom

#67
July 23, 2011, 09:46:23 AM
an air defence version of the A-10 or Predator UAV  :-\
on the bench:

-all kinds of things.

lenny100

#68
July 23, 2011, 09:55:56 AM
hos about a nuclear powered space craft built with 1960s technology and no scram or radiation shielding in case of a runaway reactor
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#69
July 23, 2011, 10:49:12 AM
Quote from: lenny100 on July 23, 2011, 09:55:56 AM
hos about a nuclear powered space craft built with 1960s technology and no scram or radiation shielding in case of a runaway reactor

Hmm, yeah - perhaps based on the idea that somebody actually bought into all the pro-nuclear "but these are good atoms Johnny" propaganda of the 1950s.... ;D
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Taiidantomcat

#70
July 31, 2011, 03:24:14 PM


;D
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pyro-manic

#71
July 31, 2011, 06:00:48 PM
I think you made a mistake there, TTC - that's clearly a proposal for the best idea GB. It can do everything, after all.
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wagnersm

#72
July 31, 2011, 06:47:29 PM
Quote from: Nils on June 18, 2011, 02:34:21 AM
an Avro Lancaster modified for dogfights  ;D
IIRC, the americans did such a thing with a number of B-17's to function as escorts.

Yep, Boeing-Lockheed YB40

They did the same thing with B24, XB41

Steve

Weaver

#73
September 11, 2011, 06:34:00 PM
Stealth-bomber cable car: you never know when it might get you! (if you're directly under it's cable, that is.....)
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Litvyak

#74
September 11, 2011, 07:44:29 PM
TTC, I've been laughing nonstop since I saw that thing. To the point of it having gotten difficult to breathe for a few moments.

That's what'd happen if some dude's stoned and thinks "hey waitasec... JFS manages to merge requirements into a single design suitable for all service branches... why don't we take that a step further? No more need for different ship/aircraft/tank/etc designs, this does it ALL!"

Possibly bad idea from DND: Stealth snowmobile?
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