EagleDriver Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Greeeetz, Luc Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Wow! :blink: I never realized just how big a beast she is! Amazing! Link to post Share on other sites
Su-34 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 She IS big! But here's something from the Soviet union, though i must agree this looks like XB-70... This is T-4 Sotka, Su-100 actually because she weighted 100 tonns :blink: I've seen this baby in Monino last year, she is huge! Link to post Share on other sites
tomthegrom Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 I remember reading the xb-70 story years ago. Still cant imagine what those 6 engines in afterburner would have sounded like. Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 linky to pics I took of the XB-70 at WPAFB back in the late 80s... Link to post Share on other sites
godhika Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I was not aware of the Su-100 before - is there any kit of this monster out there? Link to post Share on other sites
Su-34 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 (edited) I was not aware of the Su-100 before - is there any kit of this monster out there? Amodel makes one,though its now sold out, hope to get some more soon! OH, and there is a T-4 build on ARC : http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal3...rov/gal2603.htm Edited June 18, 2007 by Su-34 Link to post Share on other sites
djeeper Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Interesting, I've just been reading about the T-4 and when the nose was raised during flight there were no forward facing windows to look through. A periscope was used and there were some small windows on the sides of the cockpit. Strange to make it without a good way to just look forward. When the nose is dropped the canopy area reminds me of the diesel locomotives in use in North America Link to post Share on other sites
Av8fan Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Nice planes. To bad no one is making the XB-70 kit either IIRC. Imagine that in SEA colours. Link to post Share on other sites
jimz66 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Imagine a fighter scaled down to look like that. Maybe a third the size with the weapons to match. Now that would be sweet. Link to post Share on other sites
ScottD Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Nice planes.To bad no one is making the XB-70 kit either IIRC. Imagine that in SEA colours. AMT had one out in the 1990s in 1/72 scale Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 (edited) Man, I've always loved the look of the XB-70. Such a sleek and futuristic looking plane, even to this day. Edited June 18, 2007 by Raptor Supporter Link to post Share on other sites
gearheadrandy Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Imagine a fighter scaled down to look like that. Maybe a third the size with the weapons to match. Now that would be sweet. That would be the XF-108. It was to use two of the same engines which powered the XB-70, and would have carried the AIM-47 missile (later tested with the YF-12). Link to post Share on other sites
Rapier01 Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 That would be the XF-108. It was to use two of the same engines which powered the XB-70, and would have carried the AIM-47 missile (later tested with the YF-12). Incidentally it is also the aircraft which took my screen name from... Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 North American was sure turning out some Beautiful designs back then, The Valkyrie, Rapier, Vigilante ... Gregg Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 AMT had one out in the 1990s in 1/72 scale In addition, Aurora did an XB-70 decades ago, and Academy released a ~1:300 kit a while back Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 There's an Aurora Valkyrie kit on eBay currently... with pics (no affiliation) http://cgi.ebay.com/Aurora-XB-70-Valkyrie-...1QQcmdZViewItem Link to post Share on other sites
Just call me Ray Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Interesting, I've just been reading about the T-4 and when the nose was raised during flight there were no forward facing windows to look through. A periscope was used and there were some small windows on the sides of the cockpit. Strange to make it without a good way to just look forward. The same is true of the Tu-144 (although as you can see the side windows gave it pretty good forward visibility but still no way of looking directly ahead). I guess they figured going supersonic would be IFR-only. Link to post Share on other sites
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