Whiffs found on Facebook

[Captain Canada]

That is slick ! Sure looks fast and I imagine it would sound amazing !

[TheChronicOne]

That's a gorgeous paintjob.

Absolutely  I'd say it was stupendous but there's something about the prop's that doesn't sit right with me for some reason ?

Yes, the same impression I had. It looks like the left fuselage (the one with the cockpit) propeller has the blades leading edge backward. (I don't know how to explain better, sorry )

Could it be (the differening prop angles)  because they spin in different directions?  (wild guess)

[CammNut]

The twin-fuselage racing design was the Scaled Composites Pond Racer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Pond_Racer

[Tophe]

The twin-fuselage racing design was the Scaled Composites Pond Racer:

In the what-if world, there were many other ones

[James W.]

That's a gorgeous paintjob.

Absolutely  I'd say it was stupendous but there's something about the prop's that doesn't sit right with me for some reason ?

Yes, the same impression I had. It looks like the left fuselage (the one with the cockpit) propeller has the blades leading edge backward. (I don't know how to explain better, sorry )

Could it be (the differening prop angles)  because they spin in different directions?  (wild guess)

Good guess! Correct!

& oddly enough, the opposite rotation set-up to the DH Hornet, even though the P-82 & Hornet used nearly identical R-R Merlin mills..

[kitnut617]

That's a gorgeous paintjob.

Absolutely  I'd say it was stupendous but there's something about the prop's that doesn't sit right with me for some reason ?

Yes, the same impression I had. It looks like the left fuselage (the one with the cockpit) propeller has the blades leading edge backward. (I don't know how to explain better, sorry )

Could it be (the differening prop angles)  because they spin in different directions?  (wild guess)

Good guess! Correct!

& oddly enough, the opposite rotation set-up to the DH Hornet, even though the P-82 & Hornet used nearly identical R-R Merlin mills..

Actually, it's set up just the same way as a DH Hornet and the XP-82, P-82B.C &D used a Packard Merlin which was so different in it's construction nothing was inter-changeable with it's RR counterpart

[James W.]

Ah, no.. the Packard built Merlin varied only in detail differences such as fastener threads & whatnot,
plus a few bolt on items like supercharger drive gear & carburetor, with provision for ADI, in late units,
- otherwise they pretty-well mirrored the R-R units.

The P-82 & DH Hornet both used the most highly developed service Merlin types, with one of each engine pair
rotating in opposite direction, much as the P-38 had long utilized*, but ironically due to aerodynamic issues,
both P-82 & Hornet had to swap over engines from left to right, compared original set-up..

See Hornet: https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1947/1947%20-%200004.html



* Albeit the Allison mill had, due to its design parameters as an airship engine, an in-built facility for opposite crank rotation,
whereas the Merlin used an extra gear set in its PTO/reduction gear train, & retained the crank rotation.

Edit: added reference citation link.

[kitnut617]

OK, it's bye bye for you

[TheChronicOne]

I've actually had this in my FB photos for about 5 years. It popped up again today and I realized, "hey, it's a whif!"

I don't know the artist, however... but.... anyway...   "Grammar Nazi:"

[Captain Canada]

Cool

[dumaniac]

That design with the jets embedded in the wing was part of the early designs of the 262.  The meteor used that design was we all know.  That version of the 262 is on my "to-do" list

[Captain Canada]

I guess it's close to being real but new to me !



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[reddfoxx]

Love the Vigilante in that scheme.

[Dizzyfugu]

That looks almost photoshopped to me. 

But there were actually USN Vigilantes with (experimental) upper surface camouflage during the Vietnam era, like this one here:





These machine had standard light gull grey/white liveries, just the upper surfaces were painted over. Here's another one in SEA colors:



Other types (A-4s, A-6s, A-1s and, AFAIK, F-4s, too) were tested, too, but the practice did not catch on.

[Rick Lowe]

Probably because they looked too much like Air Force birds...
The Navy has to be a bit different...