FD AU 3

[Toxic Loki]

Nice additions!!

[Wikipedia & Universe]

More from Ethereal:

In the regional fleet is a Bombardier Dash-8 400 of Ethereal Connection:


Ethereal began their operations in 2004 using the A310-300, retiring the type in 2011. This example sports the first iteration of their livery, and it is shown as it appeared before Ethereal joined Skyteam in 2006:

[MakaSAN]

More Ace Combat to celebrate the E3 trailer

Pixy's F-15C, to go along with MakaSAN's Cipher:


PJ's F-16C:


Talisman's F-15E:

Ahh, that's awesome! I like that!

I already painted pixy's F-15 few weeks ago, but your paint job is also pretty good!

[odysseus1980]

That emblem with the dog is very mean!

[nighthunter]

Based on my friend Thomas's model kit work on whatifmodellers.com; I present the Gloster Glaive Mk.I.


Gloster Glaive Mk.I:
General characteristics:
Crew: One
Length: 8.92m (29 ft 3 in)
Wingspan: 34 ft 0 in (10.36 m)
Height: 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)
Wing area: 317 ft² (29.4 m²)
Empty weight: 1,295 kg (2,855 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 1,700 kg (3,748 lb)

Powerplant:
1× Rolls Royce Peregrine II liquid-cooled V12 inline engine, rated at 940 hp (700 kw)

Performance:
Maximum speed: 405 km/h (252 mph; 219 kn) at 4,400 m (14,436 ft)
Cruise speed: 345 km/h (214 mph; 186 kn)
Stall speed: 60 mph (52 knots, 96 km/h)
Range: 373 mi (600 km; 324 nmi)
Endurance: 2 hours
Service ceiling: 10,600 m (34,800 ft)
Rate of climb: 2,982 ft/min (15.15 m/s)
Time to altitude: 10.000 ft (3.050 m) in 3 minutes 20 seconds

Armament:
4× 0.303 calibre (7.7 mm) M1919 Browning machine guns in the fuselage
Provisions for 6× 10 kg (22 lb) or 4x 20 kg (44 lb) bombs under the lower wings


Blank has been made to allow anyone to use for whatever AU purpose they choose.

[eswube]

Nice!

[Hood]

Very nice work. I assume its more or less a RR Kestrel powered Gladiator?
Would have made a nice competitor to the Hawker Fury.

[nighthunter]

Very nice work. I assume its more or less a RR Kestrel powered Gladiator?
Would have made a nice competitor to the Hawker Fury.

Close, but not quite, RR Peregrine II. I edited the previous post, so, no, Hood was not asking a dumb question.

In 1940, when the second delivery to the Hellenic Air Force had to be canceled for the Gloster Glaives, Gloster immediately turned to Ireland and offered 4 of them on credit to make up for the failure to deliver 4 Gladiators due to the 1939 arms embargo against Ireland. They were delivered, with 4 more purchased. The IAC gave them the serials 57-64; 57-60 would have gone on the ordered Gladiators. No.1 Fighter Squadron rather enjoyed the Glaives over the Gladiators, as they were slightly more maneuverable, and of course faster. A favorite trick of the Glaive pilots was to "bounce" on the Gladiators.

[BB1987]

From the neer built FD thread:

I love it! It's like a beefed-up MD-90/717 alternative. A hypothetical "727 MAX" featuring newer LEAP engines, winglets, and a glass cockpit with only two crew would make a great AU design.

Current CFM LEAP engines would not have the sufficent power rating (they do 23/32lbf or 104/140k) for a 757-sized airplane. the former RR and PW engines generate much more thrust (37/43lbf or 166/192k).

You know, I was kind of assuming that since the 727 shared a fuselage cross-section with the 737, the 737's powerplant would work there, but now that I put the drawings side-by-side, I can see how much larger and heavier this airframe is.

An AU more powerful hypothetical LEAP-1D would be needed for the job.

You know you want to take a crack at it now.

And, so.......

727-MAX-3 is a simple CFM+winglets addition (and cokpit without eyebrows windows as to suggest a 2-crew flight deck similar to that of the 737NGs and 737MAXs.
727-MAX-5 is a full on mix between a 727-300, a 757 and the 737MAX, featuring split winglets, 757 nose and doors and 737MAX APU.

[reytuerto]

It looks as the Boeing´s DC-9 version (with newer engines)!
Very well drawn, both jet airliner and fighter biplane!