New Project

[DanielF]

While I was drawing earlier, I thought I'd try designing my own plane.

[Felix/FFDS]

Dimensions?

Cross sections?

[DanielF]

About the cross-sections and dimensions, um, that's, uh, classified..  ::)  I'm mostly doing this for the looks, so I want to get the look I like first.  I'm not sure if I should keep it like that or redo some parts.

[Felix/FFDS]

It does look a bit like the cancelled attack plane project for the US Navy ...

Apart from looking like a nice runabout, it looks like it could be "stretched" to a 4-place sport with two small jets.

I'd leave the main control surfaces to be elevons and let the horizontal stabilizer as a place for possible sundry elint receivers/transmitters....

The design also lends itself to inline "bicycle" gear, with small stablizing outriggers...

[DanielF]

I'd leave the main control surfaces to be elevons and let the horizontal stabilizer as a place for possible sundry elint receivers/transmitters....

Yeah, I was thinking about doing just that!    (although I didn't know they were called elevons; kinda fun to say).  I might take the horizontal stabilizer out completely, but I gotta have my verticals.  :)

It does look a bit like the cancelled attack plane project for the US Navy ...

Which plane was that?  ???

[BMan1113VR]

that would make a good project, would love to see someone create it

[DanielF]

I've started working on it, but I don't model too much, so I'm not sure how well it will turn out.  I guess we'll just have to wait and see.  ;)

[Felix/FFDS]

Cancelled USN Attack plane was to have been the A-12