Frankenplane Prototypes

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I was bored last night on Halloween and came up with some interesting shapes in my paint program by combining prototype features. Were there ever prototypes that caught your whimsy although in reality were probably left to history? Share your story or digital paint hack.

My frankenplane is the MiG-21I with the scoop intake and solid nose combined with the E-2 Ogival wing prototype for Tu-144 research:

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=209288&stc=1&d=1351779316

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I was half expecting to see a picture of the 767 Frakentanker here! :)

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That looks a little Swedish in it's design

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I was half expecting to see a picture of the 767 Frakentanker here! :)

How much did Airbus pay you to type that? :D:diablo::D

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YF-23

I would have love to see the YF-23 make it into service over the or alongside of the F-22A. I do think the Sukhoi T-50 was inspired by the YF-23's design planform and layout.

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I would have love to see the YF-23 make it into service over the or alongside of the F-22A. I do think the Sukhoi T-50 was inspired by the YF-23's design planform and layout.

Looks more similar to NATF by northrop IMO.

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I would have love to see the YF-23 make it into service over the or alongside of the F-22A. I do think the Sukhoi T-50 was inspired by the YF-23's design planform and layout.

The USAF are looking for a new bomber... Upscale the YF23 into something B-1B size. 2 pairs of engines rather than just 2 engines giving high sub sonic speeds, internal carriage plus option for non stealthy triple pack of Big Bang munitions under each wing too.

Not quite what the thread is about, but mention of YF 23 brought this to mind.

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A bigger version of this?

http://i619.photobucket.com/albums/tt271/SpudmanWP/FP/F23/fb-23_ats26446_NGC_FB-23_zps0dc02cb0.jpg

http://i619.photobucket.com/albums/tt271/SpudmanWP/FP/F23/fb-23_507h_zps43e825de.jpg

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Great Artwork

Excellent drawings!

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I was bored last night on Halloween and came up with some interesting shapes in my paint program by combining prototype features. Were there ever prototypes that caught your whimsy although in reality were probably left to history? Share your story or digital paint hack.

My frankenplane is the MiG-21I with the scoop intake and solid nose combined with the E-2 Ogival wing prototype for Tu-144 research:

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=209288&stc=1&d=1351779316

That's much like the double delta F-16XL

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Searched out a forum for a lot of interesting photomashes:

http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww37/jmsfbip/new/FA-16XL-StrikeViper-t2.png
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww37/jmsfbip/new/LightningM3-RAAF-50years-75sqd.jpg
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/176/f/e/USAF_Lockheed_SR_72A_Blackbolt_by_Bispro.jpg
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/081/c/6/lockheed_c_30a_super_galaxy_by_bispro-d3c7gdh.jpg

Some better than others, but many more I did not post.

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Keep 'em coming young man.

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That's much like the double delta F-16XL

Or perhaps most like a mix between the MiG-21I "Analog" and the MiG E-8 (both of which were MiG-21 derivatives):

http://www.testpilot.ru/russia/mikoyan/mig/21/i/images/mig21i_1.jpg

http://www.testpilot.ru/russia/mikoyan/e/8/images/e8.jpg

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I was hoping to combine the X-29 forward swept wing, long nosecone of the RF-5B, canard of either X-29 or X-31, the X-31 tailpipe and paddles, the F-5E QSB modified fuselage, twin tails of the Saegeh or F-CK-1, and maybe even steal something off a JF-17. It will be the F-5 frankenplane. Its difficult finding the planes at matching angles so I may freehand it later.

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The Strike Viper looks pretty similar to Su34.

If you want Frankenplanes that where crazy projects look no furter than Luft46 for German WWII testplanes.

Focke Wulfs VTOL jet accellerated rotary aircraft has to be one of the goofiest.
http://discaircraft.greyfalcon.us/picturesc/tr18.jpg

How did they expect it to be safe to operate?

Haha, wtf? I didnt notice that it had wheels. This design explains why Siemens never really made it with their cellphones ;)
Wtf #2... how was the fuel expected to enter the engines at the end of the propellers?

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Wtf #2... how was the fuel expected to enter the engines at the end of the propellers?

Look no further than ramjet-powered helicopter blades. One (quite unsuccessful but at the very least, functional) example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiller_YH-32_Hornet

Goes to show that it's possible, though.

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The Strike Viper looks pretty similar to Su34.

It certainly doesn't look anything like an F-16. :p

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I was bored last night on Halloween and came up with some interesting shapes in my paint program by combining prototype features. Were there ever prototypes that caught your whimsy although in reality were probably left to history? Share your story or digital paint hack.

My frankenplane is the MiG-21I with the scoop intake and solid nose combined with the E-2 Ogival wing prototype for Tu-144 research:

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=209288&stc=1&d=1351779316


Actually reminds me of the X-31:
http://media.airspacemag.com/images/thrust-vector-631.jpg

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Look no further than ramjet-powered helicopter blades. One (quite unsuccessful but at the very least, functional) example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiller_YH-32_Hornet

Goes to show that it's possible, though.


I know that project existed, but doing it 20 years earlier AND putting the rotor in the middle of the airplane is a pretty stupid idea. Helicopters can stabilize themselves thanks to the low point of gravity. This howver is a death trap.

I think these are pretty similar.
http://www.testpilot.ru/russia/mikoyan/e/8/images/e8.jpg
http://flyeaglejet.com/J-10/2.gif

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I know that project existed, but doing it 20 years earlier AND putting the rotor in the middle of the airplane is a pretty stupid idea. Helicopters can stabilize themselves thanks to the low point of gravity. This howver is a death trap.

Try 5 years earlier (Triebflügel in the works 1945, Hornet flew 1950 or so). :p And the Hornet was not the first successfully flown tip-jet rotorcraft either (in fact, the Germans already tested the concept in 1943 with the successful flights of the Doblhoff 342).

But yeah, obviously there were inherent stability issues with the Triebflügel design (and the Heinkel Wespe etc.), especially noticeable in the planned landing sequence. But I don't for a second believe that it would have been impossible to achieve, especially considering that rather similar VTOL aircraft did fly in the 1950's in both France and the US. However, it was a rather impractical approach and it was soon abandoned. At least one of the US tailsitting VTOL projects was fitted with makeshift horizontal landing gear to allow for a conventional horizontal landing, so I think that was the main issue really.