Martin 167 Maryland & 187 Baltimore

[Weaver]

Maryland fuselage used as the basis for a whiff early jet:



(wing omitted for clarity)

Intake replaces original cockpit.
Exhaust replaces ventral turret.
Twin tailfins with wheels to clear jetwash.
Rear fuselage underside cut away to clear jetwash.

[PR19_Kit]

Post WWII Martin built the 2-0-2 and 4-0-4 airliners, not the most successfull nor the prettiest pair of aircraft on the block, but good run-of-the-mill propliners.

So what was the 1-0-1 I ask myself, and has anyone here ever built one??

I'll pass on the 3-0-3 I think.......

[Mossie]

So a transport/VIP airliner version of the Baltimore then?  Maryland would be pushing it, unless Michael O'Leary's grandfather had an operation going.... 

[Old Wombat]

So what was the 1-0-1 I ask myself, and has anyone here ever built one??

I'm figuring it was a multi-engine jet trainer for commercial pilots.... &, no, I haven't built one.

I'll pass on the 3-0-3 I think.......

Quite likely!... (if you are on it).... The 3-0-3 has a high velocity & an incredibly accurate navigation system for its (pre-GPS) era.... Haven't built one of these, either.

 

[jcf]

The Martin 2-0-2 was the Model 202, the dashes were added by the marketing department.
The 3-0-3 was a pressurized version that was dropped after one prototype, United had also
been interested in a turbo-prop 3-0-4.

According to the Martin project list on Secretprojects, 101 was not assigned, and based on
chronology it would have been a late twenties-early thirties project.

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,599.0.html

[PR19_Kit]

So a transport/VIP airliner version of the Baltimore then?  Maryland would be pushing it, unless Michael O'Leary's grandfather had an operation going.... 

Exactly, and JCF's time frame fits exactly into my idea.

I'm not sure if you could get two rows of seats into a Baltimore, it's a tad narrow, so it could only be an 8 seater at most as you couldn't put any seats over the mainspar. The rear fuselage is going to have to be enlarged somewhat I think.

[sequoiaranger]

I don't know where it is on this forum, but I had a drawing somewhere of a "stretched forward" Maryland with a nosewheel that might have been a Doolittle Raider replacement. I have a FROG Maryland, but need another (am in the market--if you have one?) fuselage to make the stretch (fore and partially aft of the wing, actually). Olive Drab, Early-war American cockades, and parked on a carrier deck?? How sweet would THAT look?

[jcf]

Maryland cockpit section being crated for shipment to the UK.



Model 176, resembles a blended-wing Maryland with inline engines, they might be X-type engines.

[NARSES2]

The crated cockpit really does show how cramped the thing was, and as for that blended wing design ?  Obviously a good party the night before ? 

[KJ_Lesnick]

The Baltimore could do steep dive attacks right?  That indicates a good g-load tolerance...