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1/72 atlantian supervulcan
Topic Started: Dec 11 2011, 09:38 PM (1,418 Views)
mrvr6
Lt. john 'Buzz Kill' burton
my guess and it is a guess is the limiting factor would be the intakes?

i thought that all the vbombers had at some point gone supersonic in shallow dives?

i read somewhere that they had an olympus running something stupid like 68,000 lb in the mid 60s :blink: B)
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Mark M
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the vixtor and vulcan certainly did go sonic in a dive not sure about the valiant
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mrvr6
Dec 21 2011, 06:04 PM
my guess and it is a guess is the limiting factor would be the intakes?

i thought that all the vbombers had at some point gone supersonic in shallow dives?

i read somewhere that they had an olympus running something stupid like 68,000 lb in the mid 60s :blink: B)

Yes, of course! They'd need some sort of ramp system to slow down the incoming air.....
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markmarples
Dec 21 2011, 10:03 PM
the victor and vulcan certainly did go sonic in a dive not sure about the valiant

Victor didn't need to dive to go supersonic! And factoid of the day, the first person to go supersonic 'arse-first' was a Victor AEO.

That's a bit of a beast... :D
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mrvr6
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i didnt know the victor was supersonic in level flight?
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the 'clean' B1's and B2's could top mach 1, but weren't cleared to officially do so.
Like they weren't cleared to barrel roll. Etc... :whistle
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markmarples
Dec 21 2011, 11:03 PM
the vixtor and vulcan certainly did go sonic in a dive not sure about the valiant

The Valiant's wings were ready to snap off just from regular use, let alone try to go supersonic.
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so wheres the the build update mate :P
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mrvr6
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Jan 10 2012, 09:14 PM
so wheres the the build update mate :P

i have done a bit but nothing worth a picture :P
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mrvr6
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im back on this :)
iv built redesigned intakes (coincidentaly near identical to something else lol) and made myself ALOT of work with the leading edge! why oh why am i doing this to my 1st ever vac kit :lol:
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:cool
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mrvr6
Lt. john 'Buzz Kill' burton
how do i make a long pointy delta with 4 olympus motors NOT look like concorde?? :lol:

the intakes iv made even look the same :lol:
i have come up with something a little different which will hopefully not look too samey
time will tell
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Looks mean i love it

do you want me to move this to the main work in progres thread area?
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