WHIFS found while Google-ing

Flyer · July 07, 2016, 04:29:34 AM

Quote from: Captain Canada on July 07, 2016, 04:21:28 AM
Probably be easy enough just to flip the wing upside down on a Herc model eh ?

It would come down in a hurry when the flaps are lowered.

Captain Canada · July 08, 2016, 06:05:07 AM

That's ok it would only hit the water lol

PR19_Kit · July 09, 2016, 02:31:04 PM

Quote from: Flyer on July 07, 2016, 03:18:26 AM
Quote from: ericr on July 06, 2016, 06:21:46 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 06, 2016, 06:12:16 AM
C-130 flying boat, anyone?

beautiful!
with engines on top of the wings to avoid spray I guess

Are they P-3/Electra nacelles or upsidedown Herk?

IIRC they used Electra (or P-3) nacelles, same engine/props as a Herk anyway.

Dizzyfugu · July 27, 2016, 02:51:06 AM

Stumbled upon a blog with a lot of interesting illustrations concerning Chinese aircraft projects. The VTOL MiG-19/F-6 is noteworthy:

More here: http://homu.komica.org/17/m/index.php?res=897496

Dizzyfugu · July 27, 2016, 07:51:21 AM

Another find that might appeal to the Canadian crowd:

Old Wombat · July 27, 2016, 08:57:32 AM

That last fighter, the inverted gull-wing job (XP-1?), looks like something you might throw together, Dizzy.

PR19_Kit · July 27, 2016, 11:24:41 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on July 27, 2016, 08:57:32 AM

That last fighter, the inverted gull-wing job (XP-1?), looks like something you might throw together, Dizzy.

Give him a day or two and he probably will.

Captain Canada · July 27, 2016, 05:18:37 PM

That`s some neat stuff there. I could see somebody building a few of those !

tahsin · August 01, 2016, 02:18:26 AM

Pictures from the Chinese blog not showing, apparently needs e-mail or so.

Dizzyfugu · August 01, 2016, 02:44:14 AM

Blog seems to have gone offline. Maybe the Big Chinese Brother did not want to share the glorious achievements of the nation's aircraft that never were...?

Captain Canada · August 02, 2016, 06:13:59 PM

Hope it comes back online there were some really good ideas in there !

tahsin · August 03, 2016, 02:28:21 AM

Gotta be the VTOL Farmer, the very pinnacle of aerial guerrilla warfare.

Dizzyfugu · August 03, 2016, 03:06:39 AM

As an alternative, how about the Chinese "Blue Whale" VTOl freighter from 2013?

"Blue whale Quad Rotor Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Aircraft Concept at China Helicopter Exposition (CHE 2013) in Tianjin. Blue whale Quad Rotor Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Aircraft will have capability to carry 20 ton payload with maximum speed of 538 km/h. It will have range of 3106 km and maximum ceilling of 8615 m."

Dizzyfugu · August 03, 2016, 03:09:08 AM

...and maybe I have found a good use for an incomplete AH-64 kit:

From Code Geass, a Japanese animation series. Supposed to be British!

Captain Canada · August 03, 2016, 03:12:11 AM

Strange but cool !