| Image Comments |
| edtherenderman | 07-Mar-21 20:09 |
| Pretty much finished panel lines. Painted white in areas that decals will be placed, and installed the cockpit. Busy weekend! |
| heywooood | 07-Mar-21 21:45 |
| WoW ! now THAT is a complex airframe to model...
Outstanding work here Ed |
| bobgood | 07-Mar-21 23:03 |
| Terrific job - looking forward to the completion .... |
| BriandKilby | 08-Mar-21 08:04 |
| maybe this has already been asked, ed is this a prop and jet engines? |
| edtherenderman | 08-Mar-21 13:08 |
| Brian, it's a prop aircraft. Used two proto-type Continental inverted V12 liquid cooled engines. They put massive radiators in the wing roots next to the nacelles because they had lots of problems with engines overheating. The Turbo charger was in the back of the nacelles with the exhaust pointing straight back to try to get trust from the exhaust too. |
| Don C | 13-Mar-21 10:56 |
| Interesting concept. When was this developed? |
| edbecky | 15-Mar-21 07:29 |
| Excellent work.
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| edtherenderman | 15-Mar-21 08:13 |
| Don, 1940-1941, tested until late 1944 when it was cancelled. Never lived up to expectations, particularly speed. The prototype Continental engines never developed the HP that was promised, and there were a lot of teething pains. The NACA learned a lot though through wind tunnel testing. |
