Seaknight & M16, red : primary seaplanes

Dizzyfugu · October 01, 2018, 07:52:25 AM

That's cool!

reddfoxx · October 01, 2018, 09:03:30 AM

Oooh, love it!

ericr · October 01, 2018, 01:03:40 PM

thanks !

Tophe · October 02, 2018, 09:09:00 AM

A few years ago, I made the drawing of a Lightning seaplane (below, center) rather similar to your "improved" Br-693:

ericr · October 03, 2018, 12:19:05 AM

yes, it is the same structure indeed !

TheChronicOne · October 03, 2018, 08:18:23 AM

Nice!!!

ericr · October 03, 2018, 09:43:16 AM

thanks again !

ericr · November 25, 2018, 04:26:31 AM

So, Ihad this incomplete vacform kit pof a 1/72 Do-X : I got it very cheap because the wings are missing.

So I searched for appropriate alternative wings, and the 1/48 B-17F (Revell) has the very same wingspan,

so here we go 'but still, vacform os not easy, quite a bit beyond my skills)

Tophe · November 25, 2018, 05:16:20 AM

Great mix! With huge engines! So powerful looking...

Are you sure this is a vacform? It looks so solid, so perfect...

Weaver · November 25, 2018, 05:40:27 AM

Nice one - it almost looks familiar, but then the Boeing Clipper had basically B-17 wings, didn't it?

Weaver · November 25, 2018, 05:53:02 AM

Quote from: ericr on October 01, 2018, 04:34:42 AM

recently Tophe reminded me of the Dornier racer project :

Oh, thanks for that! I came up with that configuration for myself years ago, and thought it was so obvious that someone else must have thought of it, but I couldn't find an example.

jcf · November 25, 2018, 09:16:50 AM

Quote from: Weaver on November 25, 2018, 05:40:27 AM
Nice one - it almost looks familiar, but then the Boeing Clipper had basically B-17 wings, didn't it?

Nope, the Model 314 wings were based on those of the Model 294 (XB-15),
which were much larger than those of the Model 299 (B-17).
294 wingspan: 149'
314 wingspan: 152'
299 wingspan: 104'

The 314 was a very large aircraft for the period.

jcf · November 25, 2018, 09:35:29 AM

Nice Do X rework.

Reminiscent of the Do 20 project.

http://www.histaviation.com/Dornier_Do_20.html

ericr · November 25, 2018, 11:54:19 AM

thanks !

Weaver · November 25, 2018, 04:49:36 PM

Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on November 25, 2018, 09:16:50 AM
Quote from: Weaver on November 25, 2018, 05:40:27 AM
Nice one - it almost looks familiar, but then the Boeing Clipper had basically B-17 wings, didn't it?

Nope, the Model 314 wings were based on those of the Model 294 (XB-15),
which were much larger than those of the Model 299 (B-17).
294 wingspan: 149'
314 wingspan: 152'
299 wingspan: 104'

The 314 was a very large aircraft for the period.

Ah, right: thanks. I knew they were based on one of their bomber projects...