Here's a couple of nicely lowered, blueprinted and tuned airliners from John P.
I can almost smell the fuel additives from here.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Hotted Up Civilians
Here's a couple of nicely lowered, blueprinted and tuned airliners from John P.
I can almost smell the fuel additives from here.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Souped Up F4U
Well, it's been more than a year now and I guess it's time to post something new.
Our new submission comes from none other than John Pantaleone himself.
A great artist whose work can be oggled at his own website: www.rodzandbetties.com
There you will also find some rather cool aircraft art, check it out.
I've always loved the theme of hotted up warbirds or hot rod planes.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
A Beaut Little Ornie From Ken Fletcher
The Vombis OX-7G "Galah"
An experimental ornithopter from the Vombis shipyards of Newcastle New South Wales, Australia.
An experimental ornithopter from the Vombis shipyards of Newcastle New South Wales, Australia.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
A Wonderful Stack Of Wings from Russell Chmela
I love these wings! Some of these I hadn't even heard of before.
Among the various avenues of aviation design were the "flying wing" or "tail-less" or "wing-body" creations. They were sparked by the desire for aircraft that were simpler to build, or offered better efficiency by lesser drag, or the later known attribute of lower observability. There were advocates and experts in these designs in many of the major aviation producing countries. Some were well known as Northrop, Horten, Lippisch, and Burnelli but there were more by the names of Bartini, Cheranovski, Dunne, Hill, Fauvel, Canova, Junkers and Kimura.
One of the branches of these unique designs were the Parabola wing, mostly named for B.I Cheranovski, but also experimented with in Germany and the US. This wing, shaped like the protractor drafting and drawing instrument was to offer simplification and streamlining to aircraft. The designs were known under the Russian designation of (Bich) and German attempt by Horten or (Ho).
In the light of imagination comes the concept of these shapes being adopted as standard technology from the 1930's onward in both small and large aircraft by many nations. Most would include a raised fuselage in addition to the wing in smaller craft. Adapted as combat fighters, then Bombers and transports, the Parabolas were a concept that would be limited to the subsonic, even under jet power. In the quest for greater speed, the parabolas would morph into the more swept Delta wing as a delta flying wing of thinner cross-section.
The S55 was followed by the S66 passenger flying boat a few years later. But what would they look like if built today? or if the production line was restarted in modern times?
The answer might be in the form of the Savoia Cigno or the nickname of --- Savoia 2.0
Built with modern composites and turbofans with Computer aided design drafting, the new flying boat is graceful in form and function.
Applications are as a sports aircraft and scaled up to become an executive transport.
Last installment in this series, a drawing of an All-wing design for the Italian AF and Navy. The plane is the Piaggio Artiglio (claw) first flying in 1940. The drawing is in Prismacolor pencils and depicts an Artiglio making a touch-and-go landing at sea on the carrier Aquila (Eagle).
Among the various avenues of aviation design were the "flying wing" or "tail-less" or "wing-body" creations. They were sparked by the desire for aircraft that were simpler to build, or offered better efficiency by lesser drag, or the later known attribute of lower observability. There were advocates and experts in these designs in many of the major aviation producing countries. Some were well known as Northrop, Horten, Lippisch, and Burnelli but there were more by the names of Bartini, Cheranovski, Dunne, Hill, Fauvel, Canova, Junkers and Kimura.
One of the branches of these unique designs were the Parabola wing, mostly named for B.I Cheranovski, but also experimented with in Germany and the US. This wing, shaped like the protractor drafting and drawing instrument was to offer simplification and streamlining to aircraft. The designs were known under the Russian designation of (Bich) and German attempt by Horten or (Ho).
In the light of imagination comes the concept of these shapes being adopted as standard technology from the 1930's onward in both small and large aircraft by many nations. Most would include a raised fuselage in addition to the wing in smaller craft. Adapted as combat fighters, then Bombers and transports, the Parabolas were a concept that would be limited to the subsonic, even under jet power. In the quest for greater speed, the parabolas would morph into the more swept Delta wing as a delta flying wing of thinner cross-section.
The S55 was followed by the S66 passenger flying boat a few years later. But what would they look like if built today? or if the production line was restarted in modern times?
The answer might be in the form of the Savoia Cigno or the nickname of --- Savoia 2.0
Built with modern composites and turbofans with Computer aided design drafting, the new flying boat is graceful in form and function.
Applications are as a sports aircraft and scaled up to become an executive transport.
Last installment in this series, a drawing of an All-wing design for the Italian AF and Navy. The plane is the Piaggio Artiglio (claw) first flying in 1940. The drawing is in Prismacolor pencils and depicts an Artiglio making a touch-and-go landing at sea on the carrier Aquila (Eagle).
Friday, November 6, 2009
Caproni Calabrone Ca-35-c
This remarkable aircraft was originally flown between 1946 and 1948 by the belligerent air force units of the newly formed "Aeronautica Militare Italiana".
The Calabrone was a nimble machine with a top speed of 625 mph,
a match for any jet plane of the era.
It was armed with two 40mm. and four 20mm. cannon.
The airframe was of traditional alloy with a good 30mm armour plate protecting the cockpit, power was supplied by a twin row radial/turbo compound engine, capable of 4.200 hp. plus 1.200 lbs of jet thrust.
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