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Single Engined B-17

Started by GTX, December 16, 2006, 04:31:28 PM

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December 16, 2006, 04:31:28 PM Last Edit: June 07, 2008, 12:21:58 PM by GTX
Hi folks,

I'm sure many of you are aware of the JB-17G trials aircraft that mounted an extra engine in the nose:





But what if this was taken further and we had a single engined B-17 (with all the guns etc (excepting of course the tail ones).  The following pic was recently posted on Secret Projects.

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Greg
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BlackOps

#1
December 16, 2006, 06:38:12 PM
A lot fewer B-17 would have made it home from bombing missions!  One engine just looks freaky  :P

I bet it would look good with three engines though.
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Madoc

#2
December 16, 2006, 08:21:18 PM
It also shows just what a clean looking bird the B-17 actually is!

Madoc
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CanisD

#3
December 16, 2006, 10:45:45 PM
Reminds me of that Russian plane that flew from Russia to the US back in the 1930's. A Tupolev design? It had a single engine and huge wings.
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nev

#4
December 16, 2006, 10:48:41 PM
Looks like a giant Battle.
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elmayerle

#5
December 17, 2006, 12:10:55 AM
QuoteReminds me of that Russian plane that flew from Russia to the US back in the 1930's. A Tupolev design? It had a single engine and huge wings.
Yep, Tupelov ANT-25.
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Archibald

#6
December 17, 2006, 12:24:27 AM
Hmmm...much reduced span, and R-4360 engine... I agree for the ANT-25 and Battle, this think looks very similar!  
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GeorgeC

#7
December 17, 2006, 01:57:21 AM
QuoteLooks like a giant Battle.
This is not a good thing!

An RAF headquarters 'somewhere in Buckinghamshire' has just renamed all its buildings from the evocative 'E', 'F', '2' and '6' Blocks (etc) to Spitfire, Lancaster, Hurricane (etc).  My suggestions for Fairey Battle and Blackburn Botha were ignored...

B777LR

#8
December 17, 2006, 02:04:24 AM
That single engined B-17 wouuld make luftwaffe run away, coz they look like huge fighters :P  

Archibald

#9
December 17, 2006, 11:35:39 AM
Add 18 20mm gun in the wings :)  
"An apple a day, keeps the doctor away" (proverb) "If you aim well !"  (Winston Churchill).

B777LR

#10
December 17, 2006, 12:25:20 PM
Paint it blue, with black nose and french roundels :wub:  

Archibald

#11
December 17, 2006, 01:25:34 PM
Add spats! It is a proven fact that...  :lol:  
"An apple a day, keeps the doctor away" (proverb) "If you aim well !"  (Winston Churchill).

Daryl J.

#12
December 17, 2006, 01:50:00 PM
High altitude recon!!!!!!!!!!!!   :wub:


Daryl J.

Brian da Basher

#13
December 17, 2006, 02:00:09 PM
Mmmmm yes spats! :wub:

Just say yes to spats! :wub:

Brian da Basher

Archibald

#14
December 18, 2006, 12:47:04 AM
QuoteHigh altitude recon!!!!!!!!!!!!   :wub:


Daryl J.
With a turbo-supercharged-compound-R4360 engine (3800 hp). Cameras in the bomb bay, no defensive armement, shorter wings...

BdB, if we add spats, the result could be something similar to a 'scaled-up)
He-70  :wub:
someone has to turn this cincept into plastic :)  
"An apple a day, keeps the doctor away" (proverb) "If you aim well !"  (Winston Churchill).
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