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Peculiar Plane ideas - Prop+Jet combo designs

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pilottj

Blues is Life
Hey folks,
While looking up info on the Gulfstream Peregrine, I ran accross a plane that it was derived from. The Hustler 500, turboprop + jet combo. That got me to thinking about some other prop+jet combos such as the Ryan Fireball/Darkshark and the Republic Thunderscreech. I am sure there are a few more interesting planes like that. Can engine combinations even be modelled in FS?
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Well.. You could cheat and say that both engines are the same type in the airfile so it will fly, but it will not be an accurate airfile representation.



Bill
 
What about the C-123 Provider? There's one out there as FSx freeware. It has piston engines and two small jets. Maybe they act as additional piston engines.
 
I will only make a Thunderscreech if I can get an XML gauge that will make you sick when running up the engine! The supersonic blade tip speeds made sonic waves that made anyone nearby upchunk!:barf:
AND IT WAS LOUD!!!!
 
The XF-84 was not a dual engine aircraft, it was a turboprop; granted, a very radical turboprop, but it didn't have a combo of jet propulsion and tp propulsion, say, like the XF-81. Having said that, I always liked K. Ito's XF-84, even though the FDE needed a major rework. I would love to see Piglet model one, minus the nausea, just because it was such a cool looking plane. To me it's sort of stuck between modern high speed jets and WW2 prop planes. Of course, TP's were studied extensively at the end of WW2 due to their better fuel efficiency than jets, especially the early jets. I just like the idea of a modern high speed prop fighter.

And did I mention, it looks cool? :)
 
I'd love a Ryan Fireball from a developer that knew how to do it outside the sim so two separate powerplants COULD be modeled. However a plane like that wouldn't even come close to making enough money...

Maybe if I win the lottery! :icon_lol:
 
XF-84H:
"It flew a total of 12 test flights. One test pilot flew it once and refused to ever fly in it again.<sup id="cite_ref-air_6-0" class="reference"> </sup>Test pilot Hank Baird took the craft up 11 times, with 10 of these flights ending in forced landings."

Sounds like a candidate for Accusim!
 
Piglet said:
I will only make a Thunderscreech if I can get an XML gauge that will make you sick when running up the engine! The supersonic blade tip speeds made sonic waves that made anyone nearby upchunk!:barf:
AND IT WAS LOUD!!!!
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Yeah that was true apparantly just standing near one at idle was enough for you to throw up, and the pilots from what I've heard used to be so uncomfortable in the cockpits that it was dropped almost immediately, crazy Idea though!
 
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