Stratojet Albatross

Trans_1007 said:
Whoa hold the phone. Were do i please get my hands on the USCG paint please:icon29:
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Trans_1007 said:
Whoa hold the phone. Were do i please get my hands on the USCG paint please:icon29:
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You know, I had a strange feeling you will have liked that one. :ernae:
It will be available very s**n along with all others. Also, here's shots of the USAF spec-ops livery (based in actual V-22 schemes) which is finishing up.
 
Lazerbeak said:
You know, I had a strange feeling you will have liked that one. :ernae:
It will be available very s**n along with all others. Also, here's shots of the USAF spec-ops livery (based in actual V-22 schemes) which is finishing up.
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Thank you and the USAF one is lookin great. Be fun flying these into and outa Gitmo's Harbor.
 
Thanks Lazerbeak! Looks nice!

To derail the subject for a second.....I'm still trying to figure out why the CV-22s don't comply with the correct tail number system in place by the USAF.

AMC and SOC use five digits on the tail. The first is the last digit of the fiscal year when the airplane was purchased followed by four digits that were assigned by (I think) Material Command. Some units, like the 136 AW had their airplanes specifically purchased for them and are numbered 85-1361 through 1368. That means on the tail, you'd have 51361 and so forth. To the untrained eye, it looks random, but isn't. The unit numbering isn't a rule, just an easier way of tracking tails that someone came up with.

Back to the Albatross!

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Hey, I have been following this thread and always thought Eugene's 'Tross was his most fascinating fictional creation. Like the idea of a long range, high speed, amphibious, STOL/Bush, private jet! Thing is, it works on my rig at least, very well in FSX including the VC.

Are you going to upload the great paints you show on this thread?

expat
 
they're coming, just bogged down with R/W commitments, weekend i won't be able to upload them as i'm at RIAT from Tomorrow till Monday...:jump: but they Will get uploaded...
 
I think that on a twin engined plane a water rudder is redundant. You don't see one on a PBY or a Goose. You steer it with the engines.
It's a beautiful "what if" airplane and something that is really needed, I don't care how good the Helicopters are, they can't go as fast, carry as good a payload nor have the range as a good old airplane.
Somehow the water injestation of the engines has to addressed either thru baffles or a bypass method. Even at moderate seas, I've watched water go well over the the wing on Coast Guard aircraft.
 
This is rough schematic of a baffle to protect the engine from water. It's more or less how turbo props work with the engines pointing "backwards".
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the sea stops for no man.... you can land in a calm sea then less than 10 minutes later be encountering 20ft swells, that'd stop yer albatross from taking off, good job FS Doesn't have that :) where i fly i'd never be able to take off.... and you're right helldiver water rudder is kind of redundant but having the engines mounted where they are powering one up gives negligible effect, needs a backup, even the A-40 mermaid has a water rudder, most modern seaplanes/flying boats/twin Amphibs have them as either a primary or a backup....
 
Very much enjoying the re-newed interest in this unusual aircraft. For any of you who also fly FSX, with very few (but fun and easy to do) mods this plane is more vice free than some native FSX payware aircraft.

Here's a private/VIP version I did using one of Eugene's default paints - great for getting out of town in a hurry for some fishing in Canada or the Carribean!

 
Awesome work expat! Helldiver, I've never seen water spray baffles before - they really give this plane a great look though! :applause:
 
With sincere apologies to Falcon 409 but I couldn't leave this design alone. Now I am not an artist but you can get an idea where I'm going.
I "modernized" the spray baffles. Took the pontoons off the wingtips to save weight and added some winglets on the tips. I added a sponson, ala Boeing 314, to supplement the pontoons. It will house the main landing gear instead of it intruding into the cargo space. It also holds some fuel and adds some lift. I also added a anti-reflection area in front of a windshield.
Any interest Piglet?
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The spray baffles look great. too bad that the compressor stall would be visable from the moon.
A better system would be a bleed air spray suppression system and carefull placement of spray stake, a la PS-1/US-1 and P6M. Turboshaft engines are okay with breathing back wards. lower mass flow, and we do it all the time. Jet engines move alot of air, and dont like blocked inlets.sponsons have some advantages in lower speed aircraft, but are a massive drag penalty,bad for throwing up spray and flow interactions with the wing will give your aerodynamisist fits. Also make it hard to get up to a dock.
just my 2bits worth. The repaints are lookin great.Cant wait, as this is one of my favorite FS models. she also fits in the dock well of Al Webbers LHA.
3/7charlie
 
In my speckled career, under Eisenhower's sad Adminstration and during a bad economy, I took a job with the Lewyt Vacuum Cleaner Co. as an Mechanical Engineer.
These people took air movement very seriously. As long as my intake source is greater than 300%, there would be any effect due to pressure drop. I figured in 400%. Now I know it's not a perfect analogy but the fluid dynamics remain the same. Hence there should be no compressor stall.
Sucking air is all the same.
 
As far as the sponsons are concerned, you apparently don't understand sail boats and the interaction between the Jib and the Mainsail or how bi-planes have greater lift than a monoplane. Its the interaction between the two airfoils that give additional lift.
When you consider that weight reduction by removing the hydraulically actuated pontoons out at the wing tips, the place to put the landing gear, plus additional fuel, the sponson also provides a method of getting access to the aircraft.
Great for rescues. Sure beats being dragged up in a helicopter in a stretcher by a string.
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