World Air Force Gunship Idea

Cobra · October 03, 2015, 10:46:47 PM

Hey Guys, while Talking to someone Earlier Today, An Idea came to Mind:What If the World Air Force from Thunderbirds had some Gunship aircraft? i was Thinking a C-130 might be Good for a Start, Does Anyone have Any Other Ideas for a World Air Force Gunship? What Say You? Thanks for Looking. Dan

zenrat · October 04, 2015, 03:16:17 AM

Airbus A380?

Cobra · October 04, 2015, 03:49:23 AM

Sounds Good. How would You Arm it? Dan

zenrat · October 04, 2015, 04:12:21 AM

I'd swoop low over my enemies and simultaneously flush all the toilets at them.

Chemical warfare!

Rick Lowe · October 04, 2015, 10:07:59 PM

Aieee!!

Beware the Blue Ice! "The Monkeys are flinging Poo!!"

Now, that's probably banned by all Geneva Protocols and also Human Decency...

Would be good for a laugh, though... Bacteriological Warfare at it's most basic.

Cheers

Rick Lowe · October 04, 2015, 10:11:12 PM

What about one of the Anderson-ish craft that were in one of the original series?
Maybe a bigger brother of the Aircraft from U.F.O.'s SHADO with the fans at the wingtips? Or possibly too vulnerable to AAA.
Didn't SHADO have a Heavy Hauler that transported the Mobiles? Something based on that maybe?

Cheers

zenrat · October 05, 2015, 12:53:03 AM

How about a license built Thunderbird 2 with a Gunship Pod which extends below the bottom of the craft and is bristling with miniguns?

Weaver · October 05, 2015, 04:27:23 AM

Tilt-fan transport type with a flat underside to the fuselage: once it's airborne and the gear's retracted, three twin gatling gun turrets drop from the underside and extend their barrels (i.e. guns slide forwards on their cradles). Because the guns can track the target it can fly a greater varietly of attack profiles, not just the standard pylon turn.

As an extra visual gimmick, maybe the cockpit windows could have sliding armour panels so that it's got loads of vision for take-off and landing, but just narrow slits on the threat side when they're raised, like a tank when it's closed down for action. Alternatively, they could completely blank off the windows in action and the crew could use TV screens instead. You could get a good Thunderbirds rescue plotline out of this if the armour panels jammed closed and the TV system failed so the crew were flying blind!

Rick Lowe · October 05, 2015, 09:23:05 PM

Quote from: zenrat on October 05, 2015, 12:53:03 AM
How about a license built Thunderbird 2 with a Gunship Pod which extends below the bottom of the craft and is bristling with miniguns?

Oooo - liking this idea... and there are all the new TB2 toys out now...

Cheers

McColm · October 06, 2015, 04:42:57 PM

If you mounted some guns in the bomb bays of a B-29. Could get two kits and stretch the fuselage fore aft of the wings.

Rick Lowe · October 06, 2015, 09:35:00 PM

And use both sets of wings?
One with tractor engines and one with pusher?

Captain Canada · October 15, 2015, 04:07:44 AM

I like the tilt fan idea. Weavers thoughts sound pretty good too. I could see an A340 base so you could get all four big engines, and maybe a different fuselage ( like your Herc ) and something else for some stub wings.

McColm · October 17, 2015, 01:40:18 AM

C-160 with tilt wings or a Victor gunship using the weapons bay to mount the guns. The Valiant might be better. B-52!

McColm · July 07, 2016, 03:19:03 AM

The A.W. Argosy
would make a great gunship!

Captain Canada · July 07, 2016, 03:59:36 AM

That I'd like to see.