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• #1227
They has static B-52 @ Duxford. Stand next to it. Not small!?
I can confirm that standing under a B52 does indeed give you the sense that they are definitely not small.
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• #1228
It's big enough that they built a hanger around one at Duxford:
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• #1229
OK, so they aren't Cessnas. They do have a small cross section though - like tester said.
The closest I've been to one is the one they have parked outside Orlando international, it just looked smaller than I imagined.
Saw the new BA A380 on its way to Heathrow the other day, it looks good in that paint job. Its too quiet though.
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• #1231
^ Better with Concorde.
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• #1232
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• #1233
rep
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• #1234
What. You rendered these?
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• #1235
Are those engines off?! :-D
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• #1236
On, but just not in afterburn mode? #outofmydepth
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• #1237
That's really impressive. Mad skillz brah.
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• #1238
What. You rendered these?
Modelled, textured, rendered. Not all this weekend, mind.
Are those engines off?! :-D
If you mean the lack of heat haze out the back, there is some but I might have made it a bit subtle out of fear of overdoing it. Am always terrified of overdoing it, hence staying indoors.
On, but just not in afterburn mode? #outofmydepth
Proper on, with fire!
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• #1239
Fire made it good.
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• #1240
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• #1241
Predominantly alloy...
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• #1242
What software you using Brun?
V nice textures.
Guessing you didn't model it as well!?
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• #1244
http://images6.alphacoders.com/417/417484.jpg
Smell ya later?
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• #1245
Yes, in the captions on livejournal the photographer says he was choking on kerosene being behind it at take off
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• #1246
Might be a repost. Dunno, but it was interesting to me.. large Russian ground-effect stuff..
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• #1247
Yep, Caspian Sea Monsters. Good article though.
I don't know why they stopped developing them - being able to transport tanks under radar at 300 knots sounds handy.
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• #1248
Probably only effective inland. ie not adept on rough sea / 40ft waves.
High chance of catastrophic collision as well if busy shipping lanes at night etc.
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• #1249
Now I'm trying to imagine what a giant plane full of tanks crashing into an oil tanker would look like...
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• #1250
I don't know why they stopped developing them
Like many Soviet era projects, running out of money played a big part. Lack of flexibility compared with alternatives (Flying Boats and Hovercraft) probably played a part too.
I was looking for images showing how being low to the ground and relatively skinny makes the Buff seem small compared with wide-body airliners when I stumbled on this. Boeing's 'Guppy', for transporting 787 parts. wtf
Looks like it was knocked up in somebody's shed
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