De Havilland Stinger : Secret Wooden Jet Project 1944

Vulcan7 · March 25, 2009, 03:39:07 PM

De Havilland Stinger Secret wooden jet project 1944....De Havillands rapid response (pre Vampire) to the Me 262 & Me 163
....sorry forgot to take build pics.....fuselage is from the Airfix Mossie, wings are Revell Go 229, jets Arado Ar234, 40mm cannons from Airfix Hurricane....
has a remote control 40mm cannon as the sting in its tail

sotoolslinger · March 25, 2009, 04:24:33 PM

Beauty

Very well done

PR19_Kit · March 25, 2009, 04:30:33 PM

Mind boggling!

It's a good thing the jets are mounted so as to exhaust beyond the tailplane tips...........

John Howling Mouse · March 25, 2009, 05:54:59 PM

Never would have imagined this concept myself-----but it's all the way round beautiful. Very very lovable design and classic like the Spitfire.

Wyrmshadow · March 25, 2009, 07:00:18 PM

Reminds me of an early Hawker Hunter.

Draken35 · March 25, 2009, 10:49:53 PM

Very nice!

Zeke · March 26, 2009, 01:31:46 AM

Very nice indeed!...

That really does look like something that could have worked.

Hobbes · March 26, 2009, 02:50:46 AM

So, is this an actual project or your own idea?

NARSES2 · March 26, 2009, 02:55:59 AM

Nice

Vulcan7 · March 26, 2009, 03:33:39 AM

thanks chaps, too kind

Quote from: Hobbes on March 26, 2009, 02:50:46 AM
So, is this an actual project or your own idea?

Hi Hobbes its just something I put together from left-over bits from my mossie & Go 229 projects .....it does look a bit like the hawker hunter though as Wyrmshadow says

i should probably make the tail-plane a bit smaller just in case.....it is wood after all

Captain Canada · March 26, 2009, 04:11:47 AM

Very nice ! Love your photo work....lots of angles to enjoy. And launching prototypes from a carrier like that makes sense to me....lots of time to figure out if the thing is going to fly before you smack into the ground !

The Rat · March 26, 2009, 04:30:31 AM

Wicked cool! Damned fine job all around!

Mossie · March 26, 2009, 04:58:00 AM

There was a real world jet mossie proposed IIRC, but it didn't have the swept wing. Great model!

Weaver · March 26, 2009, 05:00:42 AM

Quote from: Captain Canada on March 26, 2009, 04:11:47 AM
Very nice ! Love your photo work....lots of angles to enjoy. And launching prototypes from a carrier like that makes sense to me....lots of time to figure out if the thing is going to fly before you smack into the ground !

Bet the dorsal gunner wasn't too keen on it though........

Great idea Vostoc7: IIRC, there were jet-Mossie proposals, but certainly not swept-wing ones. The use of the Go229 for the wings is clever: I scratched my head for quite a while over those before I scrolled up and saw the text.

Rather than make the tail smaller, you could always protect the leading edge with a (whisper the sacriledge

) metal skin, this being an improvised quick-fix when the jetwash proved more destructive than anticipated.

ChernayaAkula · March 26, 2009, 08:43:26 AM

What a cool build!