Shipbucket
http://shipbucket.com/forums/

FD AU 4
http://shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8418		 Page 14 of 51
Author:  Bordkanone 75 [ December 15th, 2018, 6:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: FD AU 4
[ img ]
And another one.
Author:  llamaman2 [ December 19th, 2018, 1:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: FD AU 4
So after posting my VC10 derivative Belfast alternative, I started thinking again about the way the British ministerial mindset works (I've had a few professional run-ins with the civil service in the past) and realised that the Belfast would probably have been ordered come hell or high water, for purely political reasons. I also started thinking about the alternate freighter programme for a freighter to bypass the Middle East, but more on that later. So, if the Ministries of Aviation and Supply would have ordered the Belfast regardless of what the War Office said, why not improve the Belfast?

[ img ]

Simple idea here, the Army specified the need to airlift a 57-ton Conqueror ARV and Shorts modified the SC5 to carry such a load. The fuselage was strengthened and stretched to accommodate the same weight in other cargo, the wing redesigned to increase span, area and fuel stowage, and the engines replaced with (fictitious) Bristol Tartarus turboprops, which was based on the Olympus and eventually gave rise to the Marine Olympus a few years later.
Author:  odysseus1980 [ December 19th, 2018, 3:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: FD AU 4
Nice try!

Most powerful Tyne planned would have 8,440 hp, what about hp of that Taurus turboprop?
Author:  Hood [ December 20th, 2018, 9:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: FD AU 4
An interesting concept for sure.
I'd be interested to hear more about the fictional Tartarus.
The first Marine Olympus TM1 was 23,200shp, so I'm thinking something around 15,000shp as a ballpark possibility? That would make this design something analogous to the Antonov An-22.
Author:  llamaman2 [ December 20th, 2018, 1:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: FD AU 4
I was thinking 10-12,000shp, being based on early Olympus models. It'd put the design somewhere between the C-133 and An-22 in terms of performance and payload.
Author:  odysseus1980 [ December 20th, 2018, 3:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: FD AU 4
This would be a useful aircraft. However, I think that Rolls Royce would recycle a Bristol name for naming the turboprop Olympus.
Author:  llamaman2 [ December 20th, 2018, 8:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: FD AU 4
Well in this particular scenario, one of the differences to the timeline is that the UK government prevented the Rolls Royce buyout of Bristol Siddeley on competition grounds, meaning that there were still two major aero engine manufacturers.
Author:  SCRandall [ December 21st, 2018, 11:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: FD AU 4
[ img ]
[ img ]
The Reggiane Re.2006 was originally supposed to have a four bladed propeller, but VDM, the chosen propeller maker, couldn't make a four bladed propeller so the team making the Re.2006 was forced to use a three bladed propeller. These drawings explore what if the Re.2006 had a four bladed propeller, and what if the Re.2006 went into service.
Author:  Toxic Loki [ December 22nd, 2018, 6:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: FD AU 4
[ img ]
Author:  Garlicdesign [ December 23rd, 2018, 12:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: FD AU 4
Hi Toxic Loki!

That Helo... neat, really neat. Consider it stolen for the Thiariaverse.

Greetings
GD
Page 14 of 51 All times are UTC
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Limited
https://www.phpbb.com/