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Project Flintlock

Started by AeroplaneDriver, November 15, 2021, 01:30:54 PM

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AeroplaneDriver

Not sure yet who the end user of this beastie will be so I'm going to hold on any form of backstory, and I still have a few bits & pieces on their way before I start construction but this will be my effort for this GB...




Why the Hasegawa Air-to-Air Missile set for a Gunship build you ask?  Look closely and you'll see that this set also includes a pair of GPU-5/A Gun Pods carrying the smaller version of the Mighty GAU-8 Avenger cannon.  The GPU-5/A was never a success as the recoil and vibration made accuracy unacceptable when mounted on a pylon...but What If it were mounted directly to the wing of an airframe with a reputation for being "carved from the solid"? 

And why Project Flintlock..?  Well what other kind of gun would a Buccaneer use??
So I got that going for me...which is nice....

TallEng

Oh That's a Wicked Idea :thumbsup:
using the same mounting point/fairing as the slipper tanks I guess.
Wish I'd thought of that..
Regards
Keith
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AeroplaneDriver

Quote from: TallEng on November 15, 2021, 01:42:12 PM
Oh That's a Wicked Idea :thumbsup:
using the same mounting point/fairing as the slipper tanks I guess.
Wish I'd thought of that..
Regards
Keith

Exactly!  Mounted on the slipper tank points.   :thumbsup:
So I got that going for me...which is nice....

Rheged

A "gunship" fitting for the Buccaneer would be useful in discouraging  fast patrol boats
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AeroplaneDriver

Quote from: Rheged on November 15, 2021, 02:01:42 PM
A "gunship" fitting for the Buccaneer would be useful in discouraging  fast patrol boats

One of the ideas floating around my head is a USN Bucc Gunship doing just that during Operation Praying Mantis. 
So I got that going for me...which is nice....

jcf

Pity the kit doesn't come with the bulged weapons bay door, it would be a good
start to an F-111-ish installation.


The gun installation fills the stbd. side of the weapons bay. Photo is from the
rear looking fwd.


AeroplaneDriver

Yeah I was disappointed but really the plan all along was wing mounted GPU-5 pods anyway.  In this build the bomb bay will house the fuel lost from the loss of the slipper tanks. 
So I got that going for me...which is nice....

jcf

Hanging on a regular pylon, so it wobbles like it did in the real world, or closer up to the wing and
faired in like the slipper tanks?
:unsure:

AeroplaneDriver

Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on November 15, 2021, 05:51:04 PM
Hanging on a regular pylon, so it wobbles like it did in the real world, or closer up to the wing and
faired in like the slipper tanks?
:unsure:

As mentioned above, mounted directly to the wing at the slipper tank station to mitigate the wobble.
So I got that going for me...which is nice....

Old Wombat

This looks, & sounds, like fun! ;D
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Dizzyfugu

#10


BTW, "gun wobble" ain't bad if you are on a strafing mission?

It was bad enough on the GPU-5 mounted on F-16 pylons that they abandoned it after less than a day I'm Desert Storm.

AeroplaneDriver

Dammit Dizzy. I meant To reply to your post and edited it instead!!!   Sorry!!   I forget the massive powers an Admin wields. 

This is why I am rarely allowed out. 
So I got that going for me...which is nice....

Dizzyfugu

 ;D

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McColm


Mossie

This'll be good. :thumbsup:

Quote from: McColm on November 16, 2021, 09:44:21 AM
A pair of Adens

There was the HS.1197-1, a proposal to turn the Bucc into a CAS aircraft. Among other changes, it had a pair of Aden's in the  fuselage next to the intakes, the bomb bay being shortened to fit them in.
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