@Speedhunter The "flying flapjack" is the Vought XF5U, and the "flying pancake" is the Vought V-173; and TBPH when I said "Luftwaffle" this is what I had in mind...
I never knew the word "Gyatt" had any other meaning beyond a rare surname and this particular ship... Now I knew, and somehow I lost even more faith in humanity even though I thought I've got none to lose to begin with...
@WinsWings Actually, a Gloster-looking Ho 229 sounds mighty fine as of now.... or a Northrop-looking one, for that matter.
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Also, aside from vertical stabilizers and wingtips, this Allied flying wing design would probably also have large round or square intakes (like the ones shown here), unlike the elliptical monstrosities on the 229.
IIRC this type of design had been seriously considered back in early Cold War? So... no, reality didn't sneeze, and this doesn't even look too insane by IRL drone design standards.
@WinsWings
It's the same picture as the one shown there, right?
... and among all three models, only the green "Italian" design actually looks flyable, whereas the shovelwing (aka Monarchii's build) is tail-heavy (would've made much more sense to extend the wing all the way back), and this "British" jet incapable of surviving asymmetrical thrust.
... and something tells me flying wings also work pretty nicely with split brakes.
The only thing I can think about is the asymmetrical thrust if anything happened to one of the engines... Seriously, it would've looked much more realistic if we moved the nacelles closer to the cockpit.
@Monarchii Well, no worries my friend! How's your new chapter in life? Are you going back to school or working a job now? And how's your foot?
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Also, two of my (perpetual WIP) builds that came from this: The remastered Skylance; and The bullpup Skylance, a design inspired by @Weisbrich's A11 'Jester'.
@Monarchii I mean, back when you were still @Farewellntchii I made that joke (IIRC on one of the ASAP targets or the ill-fated fighter challenge when I called you "chii-zu san") so I just decided to go "ykw, let's do this just for old time's sake".
@Dracul0Anderson Yup, but it's only AFTER the missile's activated (or, in in-universe terms, when the missile's own radar kicks online). Still, ground targets wouldn't start shooting at you until the first missile actually hits, whereas they would normally be alerted by the first locking attempt.
S H O R K
+1I'Z DA FOIST! ! WAAAAAAGGGHHH! ! !
+1@Graingy
+1Yeah, chose that picture specifically because I'm constantly behaving like an old grouch even though I'm actually Gen Z by birth....
@Graingy @Gs
I'm right 'ere, y'know!
Special Thanks to @PlanariaLab for the auto-aim codes.
... have to say this AVIC looks a lot more utilitarian (and far less garish) than her old one...
Gina's new car after the incident with her previous one?
+2@ZerkkOtakuGuy
+1@ShinnyGlassy
Thanks!
@Speedhunter The "flying flapjack" is the Vought XF5U, and the "flying pancake" is the Vought V-173; and TBPH when I said "Luftwaffle" this is what I had in mind...
+2Ah, the pan to go with the Flying Flapjack and the Luftwaffle...
+1Alway' goo' ta' see ya', Kako!
+1Ground-Effect Vehicle?
+1Welcome back!
+1@C47skytrain Solidarity fist bump 🤜🤛
+1@LunarEclipseSP Thanks!
+2Shows only six.
@WinsWings Dis. Iz. Bootiful.
+1I never knew the word "Gyatt" had any other meaning beyond a rare surname and this particular ship... Now I knew, and somehow I lost even more faith in humanity even though I thought I've got none to lose to begin with...
+2@WinsWings Well, feel free to use this and its companion piece in your upcoming builds!
+1@WinsWings Actually, a Gloster-looking Ho 229 sounds mighty fine as of now.... or a Northrop-looking one, for that matter.
+1.
Also, aside from vertical stabilizers and wingtips, this Allied flying wing design would probably also have large round or square intakes (like the ones shown here), unlike the elliptical monstrosities on the 229.
@WinsWings Nah, I'm just sifting through your entire upload history and I won't stop until I upvoted each and every high-quality build of yours...
+1* sniff * Someone please make it into a reality...
+1IIRC this type of design had been seriously considered back in early Cold War? So... no, reality didn't sneeze, and this doesn't even look too insane by IRL drone design standards.
@WinsWings
It's the same picture as the one shown there, right?
... and among all three models, only the green "Italian" design actually looks flyable, whereas the shovelwing (aka Monarchii's build) is tail-heavy (would've made much more sense to extend the wing all the way back), and this "British" jet incapable of surviving asymmetrical thrust.
... and something tells me flying wings also work pretty nicely with split brakes.
+1The only thing I can think about is the asymmetrical thrust if anything happened to one of the engines... Seriously, it would've looked much more realistic if we moved the nacelles closer to the cockpit.
+1Cat, yer back? Welcome back!
hmm...
+2Rollerskates are not what we usually imagine when we say "wheeled platform", though...
+3Damn... just... damn. Also, please build the other two in the pic.
f I R s T
+2Jus' sayin', but staysails are more than welcomed on any square-rigged ship...
+1f I R s T
+2For my fraying sanity, is it correct to assume that the torpedoes are heavy wire-guided ASW torps instead of their WWII straight-run ancestors?
+1Well, they aren't called airpods for nothing!
+1Always good to see a post from ya!
+1@Monarchii Well, no worries my friend! How's your new chapter in life? Are you going back to school or working a job now? And how's your foot?
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Also, two of my (perpetual WIP) builds that came from this:
The remastered Skylance; and
The bullpup Skylance, a design inspired by @Weisbrich's A11 'Jester'.
@Monarchii I mean, if you like it the you do you! I ain't stopping ya either way.
@Monarchii I mean, back when you were still @Farewellntchii I made that joke (IIRC on one of the ASAP targets or the ill-fated fighter challenge when I called you "chii-zu san") so I just decided to go "ykw, let's do this just for old time's sake".
@Monarchii Yes.
+1@Monarchii And good to see you back too, my chii-sy friend.
+1f I r S t
+1@Vikram123 Feel free to use the mechanism (and the mechanism of its predecessor) in your future builds!
Grats on gold!
+1@Dracul0Anderson Yup, but it's only AFTER the missile's activated (or, in in-universe terms, when the missile's own radar kicks online). Still, ground targets wouldn't start shooting at you until the first missile actually hits, whereas they would normally be alerted by the first locking attempt.
+1Bonus point for the original sketch resembles another product of Servesky/Republic's, the Servesky SEV-3
@Dagger125 Thanks! You might also like this, an unholy fusion between the Jug... and this, which also resembles the Jug when viewed from the side.
@MAPA
Thanks! Good to be up first :)
+1Grats on plats my friend!
+3s m o l n o s e
+1@LunarEclipseSP
I ain't 'fraid of no ghost.
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