Higgins-Bellanca Cargo Model 39-60

[jzichek]

A new post is up at RetroMechanix.com on the Higgins-Bellanca Cargo Model 39-60, a huge transport designed for the USAAF in 1944:



The aircraft featured a blended wing-body combined with a twin boom tail assembly; power was provided by a pair of pusher Pratt & Whitney Model R-4360 two-stage radial engines. The article reproduces the original specification for the aircraft, along with general arrangement drawings. Also included is a cleaned-up digital tracing of the three-view to provide greater clarity.

-Jared

[RussC]

O M G it was indeed a blended wing body !.

Years before the Boeing concept. The vestigial tail was there, but look mainly at that two step wing section.

Clear the assembly floor and put the coffee on, dragn gonna be workin late tonite !

[RussC]

OK, here we go. Starting with just the design, I may have time for a extra whiffed fantasty version later.

Basic Line Art.



With color and some shading



With more shading, details and backdrop- still essentially a cartoon though



And finally a "painted" version, All details , cockpit and full markings (fictitious) are in. Scene is the plane flying the "hump" from India to China.

[NARSES2]

Now that's nice  The cockpit area has a very "feline" look about it. The cat that got the cream ? 

[RussC]

Thanks ! Actually the cockpit was the least detailed area of the drawings, so I borrowed some C-123 style for that.