Micro-winged P-38s

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And now an Ekranoplightning P-38X-114:

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Thanks!

And, decades before the Harrier was the VTOL Harrining:

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For ships, boats, the screw propeller vs water wheel competition was won by the propeller, and for airplanes, this was won as well, but which was the competitor? WW-38!

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The SW-38 Single Wheel Lightning was also designed but failed to fly:

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And thanks to loupgarou explaining me what is the Zero Length Launch take-off, here are the ZeLL-L Lightnings:

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Paddle wheel P-38's are brilliant 

[kerick]

Paddle wheel P-38's are brilliant 

Needs to be built in polished wood, brass and copper. That would look very steampunk. Oh, and lots of rivets!

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Thanks!

Would you accept an X-15 as being unconventional?

Kit has conferred and we are ok with that Nick.

The P-38X-15 had micro-wings because this is enough at Mach 7:

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With lift mainly provided by 3 balloons filled with Helium*++, the Lightnip had a maximum speed of 10mph:

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Thanks to 63cpe's http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,46369.0.html
here is a Lightning with Magnus Effect lift:

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Oh, I realize that, years ago, I already Drew Magnus Effect Lightning and Cyclogyro Lightning, differently:

[63cpe]

Wahahaha! 

Wonderful!

David aka 63 cpe

[63cpe]

As a logical folluwup of the Flettner Rotor experimental, I plan to build a fanwing.
Not clear on all parts but probably put an 1/48 Alouette II canopy in it eventhough it will be in 1/72 as all my builds.

I simply can't make the fanwing within the GB time frame..

David aka 63cpe

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If you have no time to build it, I may have time to draw it, Copyright 63cpe of course
The source I found is http://fanwing.com/ is it that?