Is it Military or Commercial aviation..?
Is it Military or Commercial aviation..?
Good thinking. It's Commercial *and* militairy...
Last edited by Javis; February 4th, 2019 at 11:00.
Here's a hint. This'll possibly narrow it down :
Nice, Ted !
Convair B36 six turning and four burning
Thanks Jan. Working with a C-47 DR.mdl from Manfred, prepping when your ready. More progress pics here: http://sectionf8.com/newforum/index....pic,214.0.html
"Time is God's way of keeping everything from happening at once"
Can't resist a good riddle. No idea what the aerial shot shows. Something that's being restored? The forked u/c legs spells "Douglas" to me, but it doesn't get me anywhere. You haven't teamed up with Bendyflier, have you, and vamping up an Old Shakey? But that wouldn't be mil and commercial. It's probably something that's lurking around in Lelystad... wait ... does it have a crossbar on its nose u/c leg?? Somehow that does ring a bell...
Jan,
Its really good to hear there is nothing physically wrong with you. I won't allow myself to do any comments on the mental part .
And do the wheels perhaps belong to a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II?
Cheers,
Huub
That's my guess Convair C-131 (military) CV 240, 340, 440, etc. (civilian).
Very good detailed walkaround pics of several military versions.
http://nabe3saviation.web.fc2.com/waC131no1.html
Last edited by TuFun; February 5th, 2019 at 02:20.
"Time is God's way of keeping everything from happening at once"
I knew that ... no I didn't. Brilliant, Ted!
First in my mind was a twin radial, something similar to a DC3 with a tricycle gears. Something that you or Jan would do.
"Time is God's way of keeping everything from happening at once"
A Convairliner!!! Now that would be a wonderfull surprise!
Ok, cat's outta the bag. Convairliner indeed. Well done, Ted, you sure know your landinggears !
Aerial photo is San Diego where many Convairs were build. Arrow points to a building called 'The Convair Sailing Club' but Ted didn't need all that. ;-)
In my flightsim book the Convairliner series has been overly neclected while it made such a good start way back when in the FS5/FS95 times with a, for that time, exceptional beautiful model by master artist Pierre Ardichvilli whom i had the great pleasure to work with (VIP Group). Later on followed by a, also for that time (i believe FS2K), equally beautiful model by Greg Pepper. And with that rendition, possibly created as far back as the previous century...) support for the Convairliner came to a hold. No native FSX version let alone P3D. Many repaints are done for Greg's model so there must be sort of a substantial group of followers of this particular aircraft. Certainly an iconic aircraft as it was the offical follow-up of the DC-3.
Always loved the Convairliner, with its bulky nose and beautifully clean shaped engine nacelles and particularly its empennage culminating in this beautiful symetric endpoint of lines (also because the fuselage is almost perfectly round). No idea why it never followed the route of expansion of its FS propliner cousines i.e. DC-3,-4,-6, North Star, Connie, Stratocruiser and even C-46, the're all there in our beloved flightsim heavens, one even more meticulously replicated than the other. Blatantly missing in this line-up: the Convairliner.
Long story short, time to do something about it. Very much WIP no doubt but it's on the blocks.
Intention is to concentrate on the 240 and 340 (plus militairy variants C-131 and T-29) and see about further development later (in between work on the C-47/DC-3 and N3N will continue. Spice of life and all that.. ;-)
Hope it's a nice surprise for you proplovers outthere.
Cheers,
jan
Last edited by Javis; February 5th, 2019 at 09:40.
Most probabely a Connie bell, Manfred The Convairliner has such a contraption indeed while the Douglasses didn't. The Connie has one as well but sadly there is no use for a flightsim Connie, beautifully represented in abundance in all of its glory in various ways.
Talk to you later,
Cheers,
Jan
Thanks, Huub. appreciate it !
No, better not go there... ;-)I won't allow myself to do any comments on the mental part .
Not a bad guess indeed ! But as you can see it turns out a bit smaller.. ;-)And do the wheels perhaps belong to a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II?
Cheers,
Jan
tongue in cheek - can you imagine the B36 hauling pax...lol
..never knew Convair made a 'liner - just knew they were mfg here in SD..a couple of those B36 broke through the concrete at Lindberg Field back when -
a good deal of the ramps, aprons, and the RW itself had to be reinforced to accommodate the pressure applied by those two gigantic main wheels..
besides, who doesn't like to say 'Convair'...
..that IS a beautiful air frame BtW...looks like it was poured out of a bottle..but the tail looks just like the B36. Wonder if it is a straight cross over? how do the drawings compare I wonder
That is very pleasing news. Very good selection of a plane that deserves a fat dollop of recognition and would find a lot of hours in the air, much as the real ones still do.
I find it interesting that we still have later Convair airframes mixing it up with regular commercial traffic.....not just in the far reaches and back-country, but throughout continental North America.
One just has to drive by the south end of YVR and look out at the Purolator compound to see anywhere from one to three CV-580's (Kelowna Flightcraft Charter) at any given time, along with the same number of Boeing 727's.
Not a museum.....they're hauling freight day in and day out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHE7gdMrz6E
Well, so much for the discussion on the N3N.
-- WH
If at first you don't succeed, try, try,try again. ... or go read the manual.
we can chew gum and walk at the same time pal
Great site indeed ! Lots of good photo material around but what is remarkably lacking is good scale drawings. Actually i found nothing worthwhile in the net. Tried my luck with a book from the Naval Fighters series. Nr.14 about the T-29, R4Y/C-131 and CC 109. Good drawings i can work with but i think the accuracy remains uncertain. Ah well, for boys with toys it's good enough.
Did find some good sound material though. These P&W R-2800's make some wonderful noise !
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