» »

Moderator: Community Manager
[Post Reply] [*]  Page 4 of 5  [ 50 posts ]  Go to page « 1 2 3 4 5 »
[Print view]
Author Message
jabba
Post subject: Re: FRCA in FDPosted: February 21st, 2014, 12:19 am
Offline
User avatar
Posts: 1012
Joined: April 14th, 2011, 5:00 pm
Location: Under your kitchen sink...
Chengdu J-7

Bought from China in the 70s as a temporary-measure fighter. In reserve since 1994.

[ img ]
Interceptor loadout. 12th Squadron, 1992. Note the armament of AIM-9s and FRCA's first production Medium-range AAM, the AM-3.

_________________
[ img ]
Jabba's Worklist
Top
[Profile] [Quote]
jabba
Post subject: Re: FRCA in FDPosted: February 21st, 2014, 1:40 am
Offline
User avatar
Posts: 1012
Joined: April 14th, 2011, 5:00 pm
Location: Under your kitchen sink...
Douglas DC-8

Medium range troop & equipment transport. Note the tailgate. Produced jointly by Douglas and CAF to FRCA specifications.

[ img ]
40 Air transport Wing, 1984, low visibility transport finish.

_________________
[ img ]
Jabba's Worklist


Last edited by jabba on February 21st, 2014, 9:50 am, edited 1 time in total.

Top
[Profile] [Quote]
Trojan
Post subject: Re: FRCA in FDPosted: February 21st, 2014, 1:41 am
Offline
User avatar
Posts: 1216
Joined: March 26th, 2012, 4:29 am
Location: Big House
Awesome job!

_________________
Projects:
Zealandia AU
John Company AU
References and feedback is always welcome!
Top
[Profile] [Quote]
eswube
Post subject: Re: FRCA in FDPosted: February 21st, 2014, 11:48 am
Offline
Posts: 10696
Joined: June 15th, 2011, 8:31 am
Great!
Top
[Profile] [Quote]
jabba
Post subject: Re: FRCA in FDPosted: February 21st, 2014, 12:07 pm
Offline
User avatar
Posts: 1012
Joined: April 14th, 2011, 5:00 pm
Location: Under your kitchen sink...
DC-8-K71

A stretched 54 series cargo aircraft, with 'super-70' series modifications to engines, wings & airframe. FRCA's dedicated tanker.

[ img ]
40th Air Transport wing, 2006

_________________
[ img ]
Jabba's Worklist
Top
[Profile] [Quote]
indiajuliet
Post subject: Re: FRCA in FDPosted: February 21st, 2014, 5:06 pm
Offline
Posts: 346
Joined: July 31st, 2010, 2:15 pm
Location: London, UK
Great work Jabba, I particularly like what you've done with the F-17's and DC-8's. Will we see any more DC-8 variants, maybe AEW or VIP?

Why the different roundels, most are blue-white but blue-white-blue on the tanker?
Top
[Profile] [Quote]
klagldsf
Post subject: Re: FRCA in FDPosted: February 21st, 2014, 7:08 pm
Offline
User avatar
Posts: 2765
Joined: July 28th, 2010, 4:14 pm
The clamshell doors (i.e. the "tailgate" - tailgates are for trucks and American sporting events, BTW) might be problematic from a structural standpoint, plus are kind of redundant as they don't allow for any additional access to the cargo floor not already provided into the design itself. I also don't know if it's worth the expense of having A-2-A refueling capability, they're already capable of trans-Atlantic on a full load.
Top
[Profile] [Quote]
Blackbuck
Post subject: Re: FRCA in FDPosted: February 21st, 2014, 8:05 pm
Offline
Posts: 2743
Joined: July 27th, 2010, 9:15 am
Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
It's my understanding that those capable of it generally have said capability to top themselves up... Which in itself seems a weird practice.

_________________
AU Projects: | Banbha et al. | New England: The Divided States
Blood and Fire
Top
[Profile] [Quote]
klagldsf
Post subject: Re: FRCA in FDPosted: February 22nd, 2014, 3:22 am
Offline
User avatar
Posts: 2765
Joined: July 28th, 2010, 4:14 pm
Yeah I know most tankers have this capability but I never understood why. Well, it's not that big a deal so you can ignore that criticism.
Top
[Profile] [Quote]
nighthunter
Post subject: Re: FRCA in FDPosted: February 24th, 2014, 7:55 am
Offline
Posts: 1971
Joined: July 27th, 2010, 8:33 pm
Y'know, Jabba, you can use my Cessna-Embraer COIN aircraft... :P

_________________
"It is better to type nothing and be assumed an ass, than to type something and remove all doubt." - Me
Top
[Profile] [Quote]
Display: Sort by: Direction:
[Post Reply]  Page 4 of 5  [ 50 posts ]  Return to “FD Scale Drawings” | Go to page « 1 2 3 4 5 »

Jump to: 

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 22 guests

The team | Delete all board cookies | All times are UTC


cron
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Limited
[ GZIP: Off ]