Latest design for the navy,

[Glenn]

This latest project for the US Navy came from a design of the 1950's. The original concept, the Fairey Rotodyne had limited success, but the new Grumman looks to have solved these problems. With the cooperation of Boeing/Vertol this yet unnamed airplane has been doing trials with The 7th Fleet.

Grumman/Boeing/Vertol

Model :Tamiya
Scale: 1/350
Rotor and housing: Evergreen.

Glenn "The Butcher"

[RP1]

One word:  ROTODYNE!!

Is this for COD or does the centre fairing also contain a radar?

RP1

[Brian da Basher]

Love it Glenn! That's a great concept. Any chance we could see it in a smaller scale?  

Brian da Basher

[Captain Canada]

Neato, Lyn !

What agood idea, ans so simple, too ! Looks like it would be loads of fun to do 'touch and go' practice on the deck of a carrier.....I may have to build one !

 

[K5054NZ]

Not smaller, Brian, 1/72.

1/72!!!

[anthonyp]

Cool....  Now I've got an idea of what to do with my 1/72 Heller E-2 besides turning it into an S-4.

Great job!

   

[Glenn]

You can get one smaller?
Glenn

[Tophe]

One word:  ROTODYNE!!

Uh...  or... One word: GYRODYNE!!
Butchering a little further, this would have been the result:

I must explain . Maybe Ing. Glenn used a free rotating wing, started by the airscraft speed, thus without VTOL ability, but I prefer a VTOL autogiro, with a driven rotor (and tractor propellers only for the horizontal cruise), but only one driven rotor means a huge torque, and handling it with different power on 2 engines is uneasy: it is far better to have a single (lateral) engine, with power adjusted for anti-torque effect then for speed increase in horizontal step... Gyrodyne Australia, welcome! And thanks to exist (whatif...)

[BlackOps]

Why that's so crazy it just might work!




Jeff G.