Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Fantasy Fighter

Twin-boom pusher against Northrop Flying Wing
Actually, this fantasy is not too far from reality - Swedish SAAB 21 had the same configuration.
The pusher is Mansyu Ki-98 attacker (never built).

Image © Ronnie Olsthoorn, Ian Allan Publishing
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18 comments:

  1. BrosencrantzSeptember 7, 2010 at 11:15 PM

    Oh would you look at that, it's The Sky Crawlers.

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  2. Lord KSeptember 7, 2010 at 11:19 PM

    I'm embarassed to say that of all Sky Crawlers' pushers I can't remember anything like that.

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  3. BrosencrantzSeptember 7, 2010 at 11:22 PM

    Well, they're not the *exact* same planes. But advanced contra-rotating pusher fighters and massive flying wing bombers? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llqoqei-k1Y

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  4. Bruce Partington-PlansSeptember 8, 2010 at 2:42 AM

    The Fantasy Fighter reminds me very much of the playable "Pulse Jet Prototype" in the old PS2 game Sky Odyssey - http://origin-images.rcuniverse.com/forum/upfiles/463528/Us54008.jpg - and the German Focke-Wulf Flitzer design: http://www.luft46.com/fw/fwflitz.html

    Some of the pushers in that Sky Crawlers clip are obviously modelled after the Kyushu J7W - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/J7w.png.

    The Sky Crawlers looks really good, by the way. Would you gentlemen recommend it?

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  5. SigmarSeptember 8, 2010 at 4:31 AM

    I second Bruce's sentiment. It definitely looks like the Pulse Jet.

    An interesting if somewhat bizarre blog. I like it :D

    Keep up the good work Dieselpunk,
    Sigmar

    my WFB blog
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  6. NebrisSeptember 8, 2010 at 6:04 AM

    http://nebris.livejournal.com/4954739.html

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  7. Lord KSeptember 8, 2010 at 7:11 AM

    A different kind of beast, but beautiful. It's a long time since we've first met...

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  8. BrosencrantzSeptember 8, 2010 at 9:36 AM

    @Bruce: I'd highly recommend Sky Crawlers, but make sure you know what you're getting into.

    http://the-solitary-bee.blogspot.com/2010/06/sky-crawlers.html

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  9. -Warren ZoellSeptember 8, 2010 at 11:37 AM

    In my mind probably the coolest twin boom aircraft of all time has got to be the Kalinin K7, and it's even got a pusher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C_8GGhY6kA

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  10. Lord KSeptember 8, 2010 at 11:59 AM

    To Warren:
    In my personal Hall of Fame there are two ever-coolest twin-boomers:
    a) Lockheed P-38 Lightning;
    b) Caproni Ca.3 pusher-puller

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  11. BrosencrantzSeptember 8, 2010 at 12:00 PM

    No de Havilland Vampire or FW189?

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  12. Lord KSeptember 8, 2010 at 12:04 PM

    To Jeremy:
    if you ask me, I love the good old Vampire (and Venom too). But Lightning is simply superb. And no, I've got no sympathy for "Uhu".

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  13. Bruce Partington-PlansSeptember 8, 2010 at 12:33 PM

    All very good, chaps, but what about the Savoia-Marchetti S.55?

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  14. Lord KSeptember 8, 2010 at 12:36 PM

    To Bruce:
    It's more than just an aircraft. It's a modern Columbus' ship. It's Balbo!

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  15. -Warren ZoellSeptember 8, 2010 at 10:47 PM

    Another god one is the Northrop Black Widow. Or how about the McDonnell XV-1 Convertiplane.

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  16. Bruce Partington-PlansSeptember 9, 2010 at 5:38 AM

    Not forgetting the Northrop F-15 Reporter (a development of the Black Widow) and the ill-fated Hughes XF-11.

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  17. BrosencrantzSeptember 9, 2010 at 5:40 AM

    ...brb, playing Secret Weapons over Normandy again.

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  18. Alex SedovSeptember 10, 2010 at 7:25 AM

    Dear Lord_k, your guests simply shocked by the beautiful picture and happily recall other beautiful aircraft. Why?

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