LCM & sails, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

[zenrat]

It's making me think of Batman.  Which is a good thing.

Do the wings flap - making it an ornithopter?

[ericr]

thanks all!


it does look a bit like a Batman thing indeed 
but da Vinci's design predates the comics quite a bit 

There was a possibility of making the wings articulate, with rops and stuff, but I simplified that :
a more skilled modeller could have a try, with handles from the cockpit for the pilot to draw 

[TheChronicOne]

Would make the corny "I just flew in from Italy and boy are my arms tired" joke more literal.   


Nice work, bro!! 

[ericr]

I had one B727 in 1/100 from VEB/Plasticart left, and I used the fuselage and wings for something else (coming soon), so here I was with the extremities ... and then  I remembered about a picture seen on the internet (but where?) and did this :







the single wheel gives a certain impression of lightness, a bit like for a half P-38 (laterally) I did some years ago ...

[TheChronicOne]

Banana-esque w/out the banana this time.   

I dig it!!!   

I think the wings need to be longer though....   (hahahah....because there are no wings...  dont let PR19 see this!! )   

Speaking of wings..I wonder what this would look like with a delta wing........ . . . ..

[Tophe]

Actually there is a (little) rear wing on this marvelous plane. And concerning the center of lift vs center of gravity, don't forget that the main rule in normal aircraft (without fly-by-wire) is having a nose-down tendency, this is normal! hehehe...

[PR19_Kit]

Somewhat reminiscent of my DC9-BJ, but sans wings. 

[zenrat]

I like both of those - Eric's and Kit's.
Good jobs both of you.

[TheChronicOne]

Have a look at that!!   

[Tophe]

I like both of those - Eric's and Kit's.

So do I!

[steelpillow]

... and then  I remembered about a picture seen on the internet (but where?)

Something like the Lippisch Aerodyne, perhaps?

[Captain Canada]

Wild stuff....Bananotter ! Love all the bananas....great stuff. The pipe I pretty funny as well. Love the batwing too.

[ericr]

thanks very much all !

it is a pleasure to give you pleasure 

PR19_kit yours is splendid
(better skills than mine, but as I sometimes say : anyone is welcome to reuse my stuff their own ways)

and thanks for the pictures ! and the winner is ...
in the sense that : yes! this was precisely the picture I had in mind, thanks for finding it

This one?

[ericr]

the other half of the 1/28 Camel had to have a life, and in my qtash I had this Revell wooden kit of da Vinci designed wings for manned flight :

I just couldn't resist, because any aircraft can be improved by fitting floats (or a hull) :
the latter comes from an old three masted "Hamphitrite" by Heller, and the side floats are fuel barrels from two 1/48 P-61 from Revell.
And therefore this topic is **MOVED** to another appropriate thread of mine :
http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,40517.msg747177.html#msg747177
wher you can see more of this :

[ericr]

One more banana, airliner this time with the middle part of the previously shortened B727 (1/100 Plasticart/VEB) :