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[zenrat]

Traditional airship or dirigible layout is essentially a ventral cockpit.

I often fall asleep on the chiropractors couch because I find it so comfortable being prone.  It is designed so my arms are on rests below me (not beneath me - I am not lying on them) in a position which would be perfect to operate fly by wire fingertip controls.
The head position though is all wrong for piloting as it is face down supported by two padded rollers.  Lifting the head to face more forward would result in neck pain if done for any time.
I suppose the pilot could view a screen directly below their face.  No need for any glass at all then.

Thinking about it lying prone looking straight down would be an ideal position for a high altitude bomber or recce plane.  IN that case the object of the mission is directly below which is also where any threat will come from.

[PR19_Kit]

Note that my general point about ventral cockpits doesn't neccessarily mean prone cockpits: you can be hanging out of the bottom of the plane in a 'glass bubble' or sitting in the bottom half of the nose instead of the top half, and still be in a comfy chair.

Some of the more extreme Blochs and Amiots just prior to WWII would fulfil those criteria well.

[NARSES2]

Note that my general point about ventral cockpits doesn't neccessarily mean prone cockpits: you can be hanging out of the bottom of the plane in a 'glass bubble' or sitting in the bottom half of the nose instead of the top half, and still be in a comfy chair.

Some of the more extreme Blochs and Amiots just prior to WWII would fulfil those criteria well.

Very much so.

[Dizzyfugu]

Found another one of my builds, reproduced w/o notice, persmission or credit in an online article about potential Kfir sales to Argentina:

http://www.tierrasdeamerica.com/2014/01/25/argentina-comprara-18-aviones-israel-la-mayor-adquisicion-de-aviones-de-combate-despues-del-conflicto-con-inglaterra-por-las-malvinas/

[Dizzyfugu]

 

[Joe C-P]

(Desperately stifling the urge to make a comment about the chosen call sign...     Knowing you lot have all had the same thought.    )

Is that street legal, what with the giant vision block ahead of the driver?

[PR19_Kit]

I doubt it.

The prop blades are nowhere near the minimum radius allowed for pedestrian protection.

He/she'd only be allowed to run it inside a showground, and even that would have to confirm to their H&S regulations, if they bothered to think about it.

[Joe C-P]

I doubt it.

The prop blades are nowhere near the minimum radius allowed for pedestrian protection.

He/she'd only be allowed to run it inside a showground, and even that would have to confirm to their H&S regulations, if they bothered to think about it.

Ah, yes, I can imagine the prop would need to be bigger to protect the car from pedestrians.

[Weaver]

'Very Gerry' Soviet rocketship from 1962, posted on Twitter by Nick Stevens Graphics here:
https://twitter.com/Nick_Stevens_Gr/status/1239868946209259522?s=20

Nick's well worth a follow in general:

Twitter: @Nick_Stevens_Gr
Website: https://nick-stevens.com/the-artist/professional-work/




Edit: He also just posted this equally old Soviet graphic about space applications for nuclear propulsion:

[PR19_Kit]

Looks like the Russians had an 'L Ashwell Wood-alike'! 

[Rheged]

Looks like the Russians had an 'L Ashwell Wood-alike'! 

Indeed they did, and published in орлиный;  комикс для мальчиков   

[Weaver]

Posted on Twitter by Trev Clarke here: https://twitter.com/TrevClark1958/status/1242131477057470466?s=20

Trev's a former curator of Tangmere museum, and his feed is well worth a look if you're on Twitter - endless stream of aviation pics of all sorts: @TrevClark1958

[Dizzyfugu]

Yeah!

[chrisonord]

I daw that on Facebook  last night, very interesting  reading.  I am just glad  nobody decided to  build anything like that.

[PR19_Kit]

It has bits of XB-70 about it, the underfuselage engine pod, and the canards as well as the overall shape of the thing.

Not quite sure why it would need triple nosewheels though.