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Old 11-14-2019, 09:32 PM
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Flying Fortbird or SR-17 Blacktress

Saw this picture on Facebook

I think a John Dell/Ken West collab is needed here
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Old 11-15-2019, 10:25 AM
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Imagine the sheer terror of trying to fly that thing!
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Old 11-15-2019, 10:51 AM
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I'm assuming that once in the air the wings and engines will simple shear away from the fuselage.
This would make a great model. We need more 'what ifs'
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Old 11-15-2019, 07:39 PM
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Found the original photo, which quite appropriately was an alternate engine test, and even more appropriately, Lockheed was connected to it. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Boeing_X...lying_Fortress
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The XB-38 was the result of a modification project undertaken by Vega (a subsidiary of Lockheed) on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress to fit it with liquid-cooled Allison V-1710-89 Vee engine. It was meant as an improved version of the B-17, and a variant that could be used if air-cooled Wright R-1820 radial engines became scarce. Completing the modifications took less than a year, and the XB-38 made its first flight on May 19, 1943. Only one prototype was built, and it was developed from an existing B-17 bomber.
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I'm trying to figure out where the landing gear goes. The B-17 was a tail dragger, and the SR-71's gear are in the back.
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I'm trying to figure out where the landing gear goes. The B-17 was a tail dragger, and the SR-71's gear are in the back.
Non-issue, it used antigravity, which at that date was in early infancy and not yet powerful enough to get to flying altitude. The device was installed in the bomb bay for test program, production aircraft would have it dispersed throughout the structure.
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Does the picture prove that Transformers exist ?👽
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