Petter Pe-5. BPRAF Frontal Fighter

ysi_maniac · July 24, 2010, 02:15:59 PM

This project will involve only junk from spare box.

... or What do you think about Airfix 1/72 BAC Lightning? ...
... OK, let's speak with pics and styrene ...

This needs only one engine.

ysi_maniac · July 24, 2010, 02:17:48 PM

When I finish, you will not recognize anything.

Caveman · July 24, 2010, 03:01:16 PM

Thats a clever bit of surgery right there!

Geoff · July 24, 2010, 03:26:27 PM

Looks good so far.

Weaver · July 24, 2010, 04:10:12 PM

Excellent!

There really was a project like this, you know. It had a single Rb.106 (?), the wing was mounted high, it had fuselage-mounted u/c, and four Adens in the sides of the forward fuselage.

srkirad · July 25, 2010, 01:32:55 AM

Looking good, surgery successful, waiting for the patient to wake up!

Tophe · July 25, 2010, 06:34:28 AM

A single-engined BAC Lightning? Good...

(with forward swept wing? no I'm kidding...)

ysi_maniac · July 25, 2010, 06:49:20 AM

for a long time I considered X-wings, actually.

sotoolslinger · July 25, 2010, 09:35:34 AM

OOOHHH that is neato. Please go with the x wings

Brian da Basher · July 28, 2010, 02:54:22 PM

Quote from: ysi_maniac on July 24, 2010, 02:17:48 PM
When I finish, you will not recognize anything.

I just love watching projects like this come together!

Brian da Basher

The Wooksta! · August 02, 2010, 03:19:46 AM

Quote from: Weaver on July 24, 2010, 04:10:12 PM
Excellent!

There really was a project like this, you know. It had a single Rb.106 (?), the wing was mounted high, it had fuselage-mounted u/c, and four Adens in the sides of the forward fuselage.

I think you're getting two projects confused. The EE.P.6 had a new fuselage with a single RB106 Thames and standard Lightning wings. The EE.P8 was a larger Lightning with a tandem cockpit, area ruled fuselage with more fuel and the undercarriage mounted in the fuselage. It would also have had the kinked wing from the F6 and wingtip Red Tops. Offered to Spec. F155. I've one of the latter started somewhere.

Weaver · August 02, 2010, 03:49:43 PM

Quote from: The Wooksta! on August 02, 2010, 03:19:46 AM
Quote from: Weaver on July 24, 2010, 04:10:12 PM
Excellent!

There really was a project like this, you know. It had a single Rb.106 (?), the wing was mounted high, it had fuselage-mounted u/c, and four Adens in the sides of the forward fuselage.

I think you're getting two projects confused. The EE.P.6 had a new fuselage with a single RB106 Thames and standard Lightning wings. The EE.P8 was a larger Lightning with a tandem cockpit, area ruled fuselage with more fuel and the undercarriage mounted in the fuselage. It would also have had the kinked wing from the F6 and wingtip Red Tops. Offered to Spec. F155. I've one of the latter started somewhere.

Not exactly: I was just assuming the P.6 had fuselage-mounted gear because of the high wing. You're quite right though: it actually had that standard Lightning gear in the outer wings.

Mind you, wouldn't the P.6 have been better with the P.8's fuselage-mounted u/c? Judging by the pic in BSP Fighters there was room for it.

The Wooksta! · August 02, 2010, 04:16:09 PM

Hmmm. I wouldn't like to land something that fast - and with a 60 degree wingsweep it'll land pretty fast - with a narrow track u/c.

Weaver · August 02, 2010, 04:52:14 PM

Hmm - doesn't look any worse than a Starfighter. Maybe a fully developed P.6 could have a Crusader-style variable incidence wing to compensate for the relatively poor flaps on the highly swept wing.

The Wooksta! · August 03, 2010, 02:29:44 AM

The Starfighter has a relatively unswept wing. Swept wings are poor at low speeds, hence Richard Vogt designing the Blohm und Voss P.202 with a skew wing for takeoff and swept for high speed.