RedneckJedi Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Re: Super Transportation We upgraded from a Mystery Machine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenn Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Re: Super Transportation http://www.rcuhero.net/inventions/scarletship.htm Specialised aircraft used by one of the Champions of Justice's gadgeteers, which for some time also doubled as a team transport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted November 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Re: Super Transportation These are some great looking vehicles but my team are using a beat up A-Team van Then maybe it's time to upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedneckJedi Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Hmm... That would be good for our brick. Now how about something for the rest of the team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted November 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 Re: Super Transportation This is pretty close to what Tex Jones (the Character) flew during the first couple of years of his adventuring career. The powerplants were an extremely compact form of internal combustion motor driving ducted fans. The flaps were an "Upper Surface Blown" system whereby the exhaust from the fans was directed over the top of the wings, and the flaps would direct the airflow in such a way as to convert a lot of the engine power into lift. A modern example of this type was the XC-16 (of which I will post pictures when I can find some. No luck thus far,) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted November 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Found it! It wasn't the YC-16 I was looking for but the YC-14! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted November 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Made a new one. This one's a slight modification of the P-80 Shooting Star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Re: Super Transportation standard P-80 Shooting Star stats http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptationsvehicles/militaryair/postwar/usa/lockheed_p-80_shooting_star.HTML Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted November 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Re: Super Transportation In 1946, The Batman went modern: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted November 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Re: Super Transportation I updated the P-80 WhIf above to incorporate (approximately) 15 degrees of wing sweep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted November 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Two more jet=powered mustangs, a single and a twin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted November 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Another Tex Jones superplane, a 500-MPH amphibian: The glazed dome over the wing center section is a combination navigator's "office" and skylighted lounge. Movable sections of the glazing provide in-flight ingress/egress for the flying supers of the group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted November 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Re: Super Transportation One more today: I always thought the XP-67 would make a nice-looking jet. The outer wing segments (outboard of the engine nacelles) always struck me as looking smallish, so I made them bigger and gave them the same leading edge as the Batplane (above) and large leading edge extensible slats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted November 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Inspired by the Nazi Flying Saucer thread, I decided to crank out my own WWII-era flying disk. This one's powered by two jet engines which provide some of the thrust but also power the [insert crazy-sounding antigravity device name here]. I usually do most of the work with MS Paint, then do the "heavy lifting" with GIMP. Here's the base version if anyone wants to try adding appropriate insignia. Here's the "Camouflage" version. The camouflage I used: I used an aerial view of German forest to make the camo by blurring it several different ways then "posterizing" it. I have no clear idea how I did this, so if anyone is familiar with GIMP any advice is welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Pail_Rider Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Really cool pix! I'm gonna steal borrow some of the ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted November 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Here's a couple more: The Nazi Notjäger (Emergency "Hunter") program was a response to the possibility that the Allies might field large numbers of fast jets and ducted fan aircraft should the Americans enter the war. Several proposals were submitted for approval, with two reaching limited production. The high priority given to the development and production of jet-propelled aircraft by all sides in the war is thought to have originated with Tex Jone's advanced projects and their increasing acceptance in the otherwise conservative American aviation industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted November 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Re: Super Transportation The same two planes above, colorized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted November 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Three more: The above plane is a "rewrite" of the pencil-and-paper AE-24 (KP-44 Gladius, XA-37 Mace). The one below is the Jet-propelled version I was going to draw, but never did till now. The AE-29 is a fictional competitor to Howard Hughes' H-4 flying boat. Originally, I started out with a stretched Martin Mars with made-up dimensions, but when I calculated wingspan at over 640 feet I scaled back to about half that big, and still wound up inches larger than the H-4 in every dimension except height. It's powered by eight ducted fans in the wing roots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted November 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Re: Super Transportation I changed the drawings of the Erne, Hippogriff and Pegasus on this page. The originals had shrunk when I uploaded them to photobucket (a difficulty I subsequently fixed) and I had misplaced the originals, so I just re-drew them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concord Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 Re: Super Transportation I changed the drawings of the Erne' date=' Hippogriff and Pegasus on this page. The originals had shrunk when I uploaded them to photobucket (a difficulty I subsequently fixed) and I had misplaced the originals, so I just re-drew them. Thanks again for all of your work on these!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concord Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Taking SSgt Baloo's new design from here http://www.herogames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1644513&postcount=17 and combining it with the flying pig that I had imagined here http://www.herogames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1652946&postcount=40 has yielded the final design for the Hippogriff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilInSatin Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Re: Super Transportation I'll take one of each, please. Have them delivered to my lair headquarters, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Here's another: F-100 Delta Wing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Re: Super Transportation On December 7, 1941, an ad hoc team of superheroes united to defend the U.S. from Fifth Columnists, axis agents, and the like. The Team inventor created the Aquaplane, an Amphibious air vehicle capable of operating underwater for several hours at a time. Propulsion is provided by Magnetohydrodynamic coils buried in the wing, powered by a compact but powerful Van de Graaff generator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Youtube clip: Wingless Wonders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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