Scaling the Template

[some_other_dave]

Originally Posted by kach22i

....Not that any of the below work would actually fly, I just like the shapes/forms from a sculptural viewpoint.

George Kachadoorian, Architect PLLC

Several of those did fly. At least, I think some of the drawings were for test aircraft that actually made it into the air. I know for a fact that the bottom one in the photo on the left did fly.

-soD

[Frank Lee]

Template?

[ChazInMT]

Frank, I have to admit you have a good eye for the shape of the template.



I think the eyelashes might create drag though, but the nose acting as a vortex generator might mitigate the loss.

Just sayin.

[Frank Lee]

...have a good eye...

Nice pun! L O L

[freebeard]

some_other_dave -- Yeah, that did fly, but could it land? See the opening titles to Six Million Dollar Man.

The one just above it, the Ho229 had two prototypes flown, the third one was never completed.

With sufficient power *any* of them could fly.

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by some_other_dave

Several of those did fly.

Yes the NASA lifting bodies and flying wings of the Horton brothers did fly, they are on the sheet as reference or things from which inspiration are taken. Not in anyway trying to pass them off as my work, I'm not that old!

At the time I was fascinated by the prospect of fitting a centrifugal fan similar to a hovercraft's to an aircraft for VOLT take off and landing. Also very much influenced by "The Flying Sub" of the Seaview from the 1960's TV show "Voyage to the bottom of the sea". Just having fun with clay and sketching a lot.

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by freebeard

some_other_dave -- Yeah, that did fly, but could it land? See the opening titles to Six Million Dollar Man.

They found a way to cheat the flying stones high landing speeds.

Crew Return Vehicle
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X-38 - Summary
X-38 - Summary

The X-38 design uses a lifting body concept originally developed by the Air Force's X-24A project in the mid-1970's. After the de-orbit engine module is jettisoned, the X-38 would glide from orbit unpowered like the Space Shuttle and then use a steerable, parafoil parachute, a technology recently developed by the Army, for its final descent to landing. Its landing gear would consist of skids rather than wheels.

[freebeard]

With sufficient wing area anything can glide.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_tank‎

[kach22i]

And with enough surface area, anything will float.

be prepared! tiger! | krcf

[some_other_dave]

Originally Posted by freebeard

some_other_dave -- Yeah, that did fly, but could it land? See the opening titles to Six Million Dollar Man.

I actually had a comment like that in an early version of the post. But I'm pretty sure it was a different aircraft in that same series that crashed so spectacularly.

With sufficient power *any* of them could fly.

I always thought of that as the "F-105 theory: Throw anything hard enough and it will fly!"

-soD