Motorbike planes

[McColm]

Hi guys,
There have been small/light aircraft powered by motorbike engines and motorbikes powered by aircraft engines .Even sidecars themed as aircraft but I have never come across a motorbike plane.
In whifland this is possible in 1/24 -1/25 scale, 1/35 or something larger/smaller .The scope is vast from World War I to the present. Trikes are allowed but no quads .Open or enclosed cockpit ,you could add weapons if desired.
In the real world you would need a rocket bike or some sort of jet.  Take off would be easy ,landing without breaking the rider's neck unless he/she had a helicopter version or jet pack  attached .
Could be used for agent extraction, casevac ,reccy,Sandy missions .Limitations endurance ,range and weapons .Advantage small and compact.

[perttime]

Instead of motorbikes that fly, this guy on DeviantArt has drawn a few airplanes that you ride like motorbikes:


http://s2ka.deviantart.com/gallery/

[Weaver]

You mean like this maybe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7CvyLCZtMg



Few slightly slower real-world examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GulHMmrt-o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNFEDOdJGLk

[McColm]

Wow!
I was thinking along the lines of using a 1/12 kit with a double Delta wing from a smaller scale ..I never been into motorbikes.Watching American Choppers on Quest TV has opened my eyes to the possibilities.

[Weaver]

How about, for a silly sci-fi concept, you have a bike with hub-centre steering where both wheels are powered. The swingarms can rotate about the bike's long axis to turn the wheels "flat", and the wheel "spokes" are actually fan blades that are closed in ground running (don't want to push the bike sideways!) but open for flight to generate lift. Don't know how you manage the transition though.....

Here's what I mean by hub-centre steering and here's where you get a kit of it:

[martinbayer]

Monogram did a kit of a winged trike once: http://www.showrods.com/showrod_pages/draggin_fly.html

Martin

[McColm]

That's worth whiffing .

[Mossie]

Well, if flying push bikes are allowed there's the Gossamer Albatross
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossamer_Albatross

Don't know how you manage the transition though.....

Since it's sci-fi, a small anti-grav repulsor, just big enough to enable it to glide a few feet off the ground.

[Dizzyfugu]

As an inspiration, there's this scout vehicle from Gundam UC Hard Graph - available in 1:35, AFAIK:

[Runway ? ...]

Obvious

But someone has tried it.

More real world.

[KJ_Lesnick]

I'm thinking of something... to the last poster, the top image -- that could be a baseline for an airplane design.  You'd want a cockpit but the baseline engine and wing shape

[McColm]

Something that looks like a Terrorhawk as used in a James Bond film or was it a Parahawk ?
A microlight whiffed onto a motor bike frame. The propeller on the back could tilt into hover mode .