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photoshopped warbirds

Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:00 pm

Several years ago someone posted a link to photos of photoshopped multi-engine warbirds. I downloaded a four engined Mossie and made a t-shirt that's gotten some strange second looks. Seems like there were six engine 17's and Lancs and an eight engine B-29.
Anyone still have this link or know of it. Does the site even still exist?
thanks,
Doug Ratchford

Re: photoshopped warbirds

Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:46 am

I have always been rather fond of the "Rutan" B-17 concept that popped up in various places on the Internet a while back:

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Re: photoshopped warbirds

Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:14 pm

Hi Rajay, I like the double top turrets!

Re: photoshopped warbirds

Sat Nov 23, 2013 4:19 pm

Canso42 wrote:Hi Rajay, I like the double top turrets!

That part is not necessarily one that was photoshopped...

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Boeing YB-40 variant was a "secret, experimental version of the Flying Fortress intended for a formation defence role."

p. 46, Chapter 6: Second Wind, "The Mighty Eighth: A History of the U. S. 8th Army Air Force" by Roger A. Freeman

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An in an unrelated matter, I don't remember anyone discussing it before, but I think that you'd have to assume that the "Rutan" canard B-17 was no longer a taildragger. A nosewheel in conjunction with the original main gear under the inboard nacelles is the only thing that would make sense, don't you think?

Re: photoshopped warbirds

Sat Nov 23, 2013 4:54 pm

I just wish somebody would build an RC model of that thing to see if it would really fly.
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