Bang Seat Test Rig

[tc2324]

Earlier this year I built a 1/48 scale EE Lightning T.5 with a conversion kit from Czech Master IIRC(?)

Anyways, this left me with the single seat cockpit front end wasting away in the spares box. So..., what to do?

Well..., I`m going to have a crack at doing this.....,



So....,

Dummy pilot is now looking a bit more pilot`ish but still plenty to be done on him later......



Completed painting one bit of track, still need to get it weathered but you get the idea.



Started scratchbuilding one of the dollies(?), pretty sure the middle section is the fuselage floor from an Osprey(). Anyway, it works and thats the main thing.



And the last picture is a mock up of the cockpit section on the track....

[TallEng]

Good idea

Regards
Keith

[Captain Canada]

That is a good idea ! Great way to turn a leftover part into an interesting subject !

[CSMO]

How are you going to power the cart. JATO Boosters? Adios, Larry.

[lancer]

Oh this is goinfg to look the dogs danglies when it's finished.....

[tc2324]

Thanks all.    I never like to see a decent cockpit go to waste... 

How are you going to power the cart. JATO Boosters? Adios, Larry.

Got both tracks painted, still need to weather them though. Second dolly/sledge base is done, just need to build it up with the JATO rockets and I added some frame work to the first sledge to hold the cockpit in place.

[PR19_Kit]

How are you going to stop it? 

[Tophe]

Unusual subject, thanks!

[Rheged]

How are you going to stop it? 

A sensible  thought!  Drag chains? Sand trap? Mighty hydraulics?  A huge eiderdown?

[tc2324]

How are you going to stop it? 

One Wile E. Coyote Acme type anchor has been ordered...... 

[tc2324]

How are you going to stop it? 

A sensible  thought!  Drag chains? Sand trap? Mighty hydraulics?  A huge eiderdown?

Probably a drag chute pack fitted at the rear I would imagine. Although I do like the eiderdown idea.... 

[tc2324]

Was scratching my head this morning as after looking in the spares box, I seemed to have little that resembled JATO type rockets for the sledge.

Then I noticed I had quite a few of these SNEB packs......



.....  which if placed like this......



..... kinda look sort of right.

[PR19_Kit]

In the real world they use water hydraulics.

The sled has a couple of long tapered probes, one on each side, and when they reach the end the probes puncture some long cylindrical water tanks with membranes on the ends. The probes displace the water all over everywhere and the whole shebang comes to a halt. The only problem with modelling that is that the tanks are about 3-4 times as long as your sledge!

They can change the shape of the probes to increase or decrease the G level of the deceleration, but it's pretty darn spectacular whatever level they go for.  

[Mossie]

Unusual whiff, windswept and interesting, like it!

[NARSES2]

Oh this is out of the box thinking