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General Forums => Films and Screenshots => Topic started by: Citabria on April 23, 2004, 01:25:56 PM
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(http://www.r0013636.hostultra.com/uploads/data/media/1/pb4y_3.jpg)
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baby blue... just like yer hangers ;) :D
nice one.
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Very nice Fester
what software do you use?
:)
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3dstudiomax
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A short article about virtual modeling, some cool pics...
Most of it in finnish though.
http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/artikkelit/virtuaalinen_mallarointi/ (http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/artikkelit/virtuaalinen_mallarointi/)
Example:
(http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/artikkelit/virtuaalinen_mallarointi/hawk/1944_CU575_03.jpg)
:aok
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those are some awsome models.
I still have a long way to go to get to that level but im learning pretty quick
(http://www.r0013636.hostultra.com/uploads/data/media/1/PB4Yq.jpg)
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Lol it looks like a b-24 and b-26 mated :D
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the PB4Y is a B-24 just a seaplane version of it
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Yeah that's what I said right?
(I sometimes can't follow myself either)
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Originally posted by SEXOpsy
the PB4Y is a B-24 just a seaplane version of it
no its not, pb4y cant land on water.
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Originally posted by Furball
no its not, pb4y cant land on water.
yes it can
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it has no floats, how the fug can it?
And it sure aint no flying boat.
You thinking of PBY Catalina flying boat?
The Privateer is a variant of the B-24, redesigned for the Navy to have better performance at low altitudes. A seven-foot extension was added to the forward fuselage to accommodate a flight engineer’s station. The engines were changed to the non-supercharged 1,350- hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830-94. The twin-tail was changed to a single tail fin and rudder. The armament was also beefed up. Most PB4Y-2s carried two Martin A-3 power turrets mounted on the dorsal spine, one immediately behind the cockpit and one immediately ahead of the vertical tail. The nose had the ERCO 250 SH ball turret and the tail carried a standard Consolidated A-6B turret. The flexible waist machine guns were replaced with ERCO 250 teardrop-shaped waist blisters. Each blister contained an internal powered ball turret which allowed both fore and aft traverse as well as up and down movement. Each blister carried a pair of .50 caliber machine guns. Given the protection provided by these blisters, the belly ball turret was eliminated.
The Privateer entered Navy service during the late summer of 1944. The aircraft was used exclusively in the Pacific theatre (WWII), where it was used primarily for patrol missions in support of amphibious operations during the latter stages of the war. No other Navy aircraft had the Privateer’s range and versatility.
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Originally posted by Furball
it has no floats, how the fug can it?
And it sure aint no flying boat.
You thinking of PBY Catalina flying boat?
Do u see "it cannot land on water" any where in the paragraphs?????
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The Privateer is a variant of the B-24, redesigned for the Navy to have better performance at low altitudes. A seven-foot extension was added to the forward fuselage to accommodate a flight engineer’s station. The engines were changed to the non-supercharged 1,350- hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830-94. The twin-tail was changed to a single tail fin and rudder. The armament was also beefed up. Most PB4Y-2s carried two Martin A-3 power turrets mounted on the dorsal spine, one immediately behind the cockpit and one immediately ahead of the vertical tail. The nose had the ERCO 250 SH ball turret and the tail carried a standard Consolidated A-6B turret. The flexible waist machine guns were replaced with ERCO 250 teardrop-shaped waist blisters. Each blister contained an internal powered ball turret which allowed both fore and aft traverse as well as up and down movement. Each blister carried a pair of .50 caliber machine guns. Given the protection provided by these blisters, the belly ball turret was eliminated. IT CANNOT LAND ON WATER (without sinking a few minutes later)
better?
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Originally posted by Furball
better?
LOL sorry that wasn't in the original text i'll have to take a look in my big bellybutton book of planes but i still believe it can land on water
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did santa claus bring you that for x-mas from your mommy and daddy?
"Big Red Book of Aeroplanes" :lol
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um no MY DAD HAD IT FOREVER
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so your dad had it before pb4y's were designed? so how can it be accurate?
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ur a dumb moron he's had before i was born
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he's had it for five years? thats not that old.
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i'm 15 numnut
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No, the Privateer can't land on water... AFAIK.
Tried Google, found for example this.. (and the information there looks quite accurate)
History: During World War II, the B-24-derived PB4Y-1 Liberator (originally designed for the US Army Air Corps) had performed very well for the US Navy as a maritime patrol plane, but in 1943 it was decided to ‘navalize’ the aircraft as a dedicated long-range patrol bomber. Three B-24’s were taken off the assembly line and reconfigured with lengthened fuselages, greater defensive armament, modified engine cowlings and a distinctive, single vertical tail. The resulting aircraft was designated the PB4Y-2 Privateer. With its 2,800-mile range, the Privateer was so useful that in the Navy took delivery of 739 of them, though few reached front line service by VJ-Day.
The modifications are listed quite clearly there. No mention of floats there...
Sorry Furball, you were obviously having fun here. ;)
[edit] Fester, nice job! [/edit] :)
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Bad Furball, stop picking on kids!
Meenie!
:p
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hehe not quite a record, but wasn't long before the arguments started
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(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/71_1081515457_getthenewbie.jpg)
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that's getting old furball...
nevertheless it's damn funny :aok
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yah i know, i wasnt gonna post it again (think ive posted it like 3 times already). But it just seemed so relevant :D
I'll have to try and find another picture.
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Yup gets funnier every time you post it Furball:aok
:rofl
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Hehe, explains perfectly well what's meant with it
Gotta love straight-forward communication :aok
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Here (http://www.slightlywarped.com/forumpictures/ff-newbie.htm)
are some more good ones Furball. =)
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hahaha brilliant.. thanks :D
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No, the Privateer can't land on water
I assure you it can land on water. Taking off is the problem.
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Slash you sarcastic bastard :lol