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Author: | adenandy [ July 21st, 2017, 10:00 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: FD scale Never Built Designs |
Hopefully in British Airways livery please chaps, "The Worlds largest Airline " Thank you |
Author: | BB1987 [ July 29th, 2017, 10:05 pm ] |
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This is by far the weirdest of the many 747 proposals: The 747-Trijet (or 747-300). "During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Boeing studied the development of a shorter 747 with three engines, to compete with the smaller L-1011 TriStar and DC-10. The 747 trijet would have had more payload, range, and passenger capacity than the L-1011 and DC-10. The center engine would have been fitted in the tail with an S-duct intake similar to the L-1011's. However, engineering studies showed that a total redesign of the 747 wing would be necessary. Maintaining the same 747 handling characteristics would be important to minimize pilot retraining. Boeing decided instead to pursue a shortened four-engine 747, resulting in the 747SP." (wiki) |
Author: | Hood [ July 30th, 2017, 9:14 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: FD scale Never Built Designs |
Wow, not only is that ugly but probably not the best idea ever to come out of Seattle. Though I can see why economically it was probably attractive to leverage as much from the 747 production line as possible. |
Author: | eswube [ July 30th, 2017, 4:12 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: FD scale Never Built Designs |
Strange but interesting. |
Author: | Sheepster [ August 17th, 2017, 10:50 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: FD scale Never Built Designs |
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander Floatplane Factory demonstrator G-AVCN was used as a mockup for a proposed amphibious floatplane version of the Islander in 1975. The project never progressed further. I'd always thought there was more potential to turn the aircraft into a flying boat, by attaching a boat hull under the fuselage and attaching wing floats, but that doesn't appear to have ever been schemed. |
Author: | adenandy [ August 17th, 2017, 4:13 pm ] |
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Excellent work Sheepster Jolly WELL DONE old chap |
Author: | Hood [ August 18th, 2017, 7:51 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: FD scale Never Built Designs |
A very nice addition. Those are certainly large floats! |
Author: | Sheepster [ August 18th, 2017, 12:09 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: FD scale Never Built Designs |
Britten-Norman Mainlander Buoyed from their Trislander design, in 1972 BN scaled the concept up into a Hercules replacement; a 100-seat, Dart-engined, fixed undercarriage(!) transport. Production was to be undertaken in Belguim, but unfortunately sufficient interest was not generated and the programme was shelved. A display model was created in British Air Ferries livery, but is illustrated here in BN demonstrator colours. Awkward looking engine cowlings are as per BN published 3-views. |
Author: | eswube [ August 18th, 2017, 8:33 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: FD scale Never Built Designs |
Nice additions. Keep it up. |
Author: | Novice [ August 18th, 2017, 8:39 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: FD scale Never Built Designs |
Odd looking aircraft to be sure the drawing of the BN Mainlander is a bonus for ths thread. Very nice work. |
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