SkyDiver part II

Well, here's a drawing of the Navy's submarine-launched drone attack
surveillance/aircraft, and it is not a pretty thing:
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviatio...cbccdrcrd.html

Pat

Admiral Nelson . . . someone has stolen the Flying Sub!

thanks Pat . . . take care . . .

John

On 27 Feb 2006 18:06:38 -0800, "John" wrote:

Admiral Nelson . . . someone has stolen the Flying Sub!

....This isn't the first time, either. Our Beloved Navy actually put
the LB Abbott design through testing to see if it actually was at
least seaworthy. It reportedly performed surprisingly well, and with
some serious tweaking could be usable. The problem, as always, is the
power plant.

OM
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OM wrote:

...This isn't the first time, either. Our Beloved Navy actually put
the LB Abbott design through testing to see if it actually was at
least seaworthy. It reportedly performed surprisingly well, and with
some serious tweaking could be usable. The problem, as always, is the
power plant.


I think the Flying Sub's design owed a lot to Cousteau's Diving Saucer:
http://www.cousteau.org/en/cousteau_...ing_saucer.jpg
.....with a little Pal WOTW Martian War Machine thrown in for good measure.
And then there's this Russian thing:
http://www.laesieworks.com/ifo/lib/disc.html#ekip
Which even has the color right.
I think that diving the Flying Sub into the water at around 300 mph is
going to be stressful on both the machine and its crew- major eyeballs
out deceleration.
Now as for diving a heavily modified P-40 into the water... :-D

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:27:25 -0600, Pat Flannery wrote:

Over in alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
came the perfect description:

"The Flying Nun meets Stealth"

--
Chuck Stewart
"Anime-style catgirls: Threat? Menace? Or just studying algebra?"

Chuck Stewart wrote:

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:27:25 -0600, Pat Flannery wrote:

Over in alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
came the perfect description:

"The Flying Nun meets Stealth"



There is a resemblence there, isn't there?
http://tvmusic.topcities.com/graphics/2flying_nun.jpg
Hang a disrupter on either wingtip and you also might have a Klingon
fighter design.

Pat

OM,

I am sure Rob Arndt will provide very complete documentation of how
German reseachers perfected the needed powerplant technology sometime
between 1938 and 1945. All we must do is sit and wait patiently. *S*

John