Avro Vulcan B.1
#1
Posted 01 April 2007 - 03:40 PM
I also added nine 3d images to the site, I wont post them here as it will make the thread lag like hell but here are links to them:
M48 Patton
Convair B-36 Peacemaker
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
A46
Amx-40
Mi-1 Hare
U-boat Type XXI
P26/40
Type 4 Chi-To
There are also new versions of the B-17 & E-100, which were taken with the newer version of the vxl viewer.
#4
Posted 01 April 2007 - 05:32 PM
If the Vulcan was 2 years younger we'd have been deprived of that voxel.
#6
Posted 01 April 2007 - 09:59 PM
Several streets in the next town are named after planes because there used to be an airbase there (there's a full-size replica Spitfire mounted on one of the roundabouts) and there's Victor, Vulcan and Valiant Way
Should do a fully white one too.
Edit:
Something interesting for you.
Wikipedia's introduction states operation as being between 1953 and 1984.
The little stats box under the picture says it was introduced in 1956.
Even then there was only one Vulcan in 1956 and the next wasn't delivered until 1957.
Edited by Daz, 01 April 2007 - 10:10 PM.
#7
Posted 01 April 2007 - 10:50 PM
I hope that clears thing up
#8
Posted 02 April 2007 - 01:22 AM
QFTthe Vulcan just pwns more!
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#9
Posted 02 April 2007 - 01:39 PM
(it figures you`d chose to update on the first day I`m not by a PC )
"I'm not retreating, I'm just fighting in another direction" (anonymous US corporal, Korea)
work is sacred...so don't go near it.
#10
Posted 03 April 2007 - 04:40 AM
BTW: I didn't know before that there was a time that RAF paint their logo on only one wing?
#11
Posted 03 April 2007 - 09:26 AM
I think there are some planes that have it on both and some planes that only have it on one, or they may have changed over time.
#12
Posted 05 April 2007 - 08:27 AM
#14
Posted 05 April 2007 - 05:14 PM
#15
Posted 06 April 2007 - 12:39 PM
"I'm not retreating, I'm just fighting in another direction" (anonymous US corporal, Korea)
work is sacred...so don't go near it.
#16
Posted 06 April 2007 - 01:15 PM
The major differences in pusher vs tractor configuration were mainly in WWI, where both were used. The main problem of the tractor configuration was firing forwards on single-engine craft, which was ruled out by interuptor gears in 1915. Pushers would typically have the props mid-aircraft, which would improve airflow over the control surfaces on the tail, and decrease drag. Rear thrust would be somewhat unstable, but that could also help manouvrebility.
Single-engine tractors typically have the engine at the front, which is safer in crashes or bailing out, improve airflow for cooling the engine, and not having a gap halfway down your plane, better structual stability and more workable aerodynamics.
On multi-prop wing-mounted aircraft, the difference is minimal, although pushers would have more problem with icing conditions.
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#17
Posted 06 April 2007 - 04:45 PM
"I'm not retreating, I'm just fighting in another direction" (anonymous US corporal, Korea)
work is sacred...so don't go near it.
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