Shipbucket

Wow! That is an awesome Hellcat!

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Look like the P47 Thunderbolt, excellent Hellcat Cybermax.

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What a cool idea. Actually I think anything with a bubble canopy tends to become much sleeker and doubtless it would have increased the speed of the Hellcat by a small margin too thanks to the reduced drag. The only thing it might need is more tail area to compensate.

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That hellcat looks very similar to the Bearcat in having that barrel look n tear drop canopy but at a smaller size over the much larger bearcat

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Actually the bubble canopy increases the drag slightly; that's why the "razorback" designs stuck around for as long as they did and even stuck around at all (and why later supersonic designs like the F-4 and F-102 dropped all-round visibility), it provides smoother airflow over the fuselage. But at that time all-around visibility was considered more important than the almost negligible increase in drag, and more powerful engines more than made up for it anyway.

that panthercat

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Damn nice drawings, i especially love the B-49 Maryland

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... a ... e ... yyyyy ... ( overwhelming by awesome of this design ... he pass out )

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