WHIFs found at HyperScale

[Dizzyfugu]

Nice work, even though the Falcon AAMs are fishy. But I like the concept, and it turned out nicely. Have a Sabre/Fury with radar on the long agenda, too...

[Captain Canada]

Wow ! Is that ever well done. Love it ! Saving that pic for future reference. Thanks !

[The Rat]

Beautiful job on a B-52 whiff here: http://www.network54.com/Forum/680744/message/1486495895/The+%26quot%3BNEW%26quot%3B+B-52

[NARSES2]

Stunning  Great find 

[TheChronicOne]

Wow, have a go at that! 

[zenrat]

took me a while to realise what was whiffy about it.

[Rheged]

A Rolls Royce Trent engine B52.  Wasn't there a suggestion some time ago that this would make sense?  I think it only  failed on the "not invented here" criterion.

[Martin H]

A Rolls Royce Trent engine B52.  Wasn't there a suggestion some time ago that this would make sense?  I think it only  failed on the "not invented here" criterion.

The blurb said they wher P&W PW2000's off Boeing 757's. Plus As I understood it, the engine swap idea was killed off due to a massive stock of spare parts and spare engines being available.

[Dizzyfugu]

1:200 Boeing B-52K 'Stratofortress B.I', "ZA447/(AJ)G" of  Royal Air Force 617 Squadron; Waddington, England, 1999, during 'Operation Allied Force' (Whif/Dragon kit conversion) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

[NARSES2]

took me a while to realise what was whiffy about it.

I think that's simply because it just looks so right.

A Rolls Royce Trent engine B52.  Wasn't there a suggestion some time ago that this would make sense?  I think it only  failed on the "not invented here" criterion.

That's what I read as well.


The blurb said they wher P&W PW2000's off Boeing 757's. Plus As I understood it, the engine swap idea was killed off due to a massive stock of spare parts and spare engines being available.

[TheChronicOne]

1:200 Boeing B-52K 'Stratofortress B.I', "ZA447/(AJ)G" of  Royal Air Force 617 Squadron; Waddington, England, 1999, during 'Operation Allied Force' (Whif/Dragon kit conversion) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

Glorious!!   I liked the shot of the plane and just the pretty blue skies and white clouds. 

[jcf]

A Rolls Royce Trent engine B52.  Wasn't there a suggestion some time ago that this would make sense?  I think it only  failed on the "not invented here" criterion.

That particular re-engine scheme originated with Boeing, hardly 'not invented here', because they
have extensive RB211 experience, the source of the engines wasn't considered relevant and it died
for the same reason as all of the notions to re-engine with four 'airliner' type engines: the cost of
the wing redesign to accept the new pylons and required airframe systems updates.

Inter alia we had different wiring and systems documents for each engine type on the 747,
the same is true for other models with multiple engine options. The engine manufacturers do
not do the same things the same way, so simply swapping engine manufacturer is a
complicated task.

[zenrat]

Not just a case of drilling new mounting holes and bolting them up then?

[Captain Canada]

Very cool. Love the clean look of her.

[PR19_Kit]

Not just a case of drilling new mounting holes and bolting them up then?

Couldn't they have used superglue? That's what we'd have done, wasn't it?