Metal Airbus A-320T

[Tophe]

We were in the sky on a Cebu Pacific flight, and the stewardess sold little models of the Airbus A-320 we were in. I got one, nice, but... so real. I looked for a what-if transformation. Alas, all is metal in big pieces: impossible to remove one engine (to get a single-jet asymmetric airliner), impossible to remove the wings and install them opposite (for forward swrpt wings). But the fin can be removed, alas a fin-less airliner is less beautiful...

[Tophe]

Reverting the fin is funny, but not beautiful:

[Tophe]

I think the final choice will be: adding a T-tail on top of the fin (in which direction?)

[lenny100]

forward swept

[Brian da Basher]

I think the final choice will be: adding a T-tail on top of the fin (in which direction?)

Someone needs to send Mr Howling Mouse a "T-tail alert". I can't wait to see what you come up with, Tophe!

Brian da Basher

[Tophe]

This is the project (to build):

[Tophe]

I've done it!
(I'm gonna ring JHM's T-tail alarm)

[Tophe]

T-tail alarm)

Correction: this is not a genuine T-tail, this is a T-tail, sorry

[Captain Canada]

You say T, I say H.....

[Tophe]

I say H.....

H...? You mean: Hell?   For heresy, I will go to Hell? Oh Captain, oh Lord, please, no... I will become a JMN again... Nothing unreal alymore, not today at least, I swear...

[Tophe]

other picture:

[Captain Canada]

It would only be an H if he was doing a knife edge pass !

[Tophe]

Yes, visually this is a H-tail, you are right:

[John Howling Mouse]

I'm impressed, Tophe.  Yet, surprised at the flawless symmetry you've come up with. You must be itching to take at least one of the horiz. stabilizers off, no?

[Tophe]

Dear JHM, Saint T-Tail Master... the symmetry in the A320T above (=A320T-1) was not choosen  but simply accepted  .
At scale 1 for passengers, the true projects are the asymmetric A320T-2, 3, 4 below...
Alas, for this scale metal little reproduction , T-2 & T-3 required sawing off the metallic tailplane, which is above my technical skills , while T-4 was not solid enough with just glue . But, scale 1, I promess, the poor passengers will not have to suffer from excessive symmetry.