[DeTomaso] NPC - Mid Engine airplanes - Hooks Man redux

[John Bentley (jab)]

I love the sound of a mini-gun hanging off a helicopter, so why not out
the back of a Pantera?

JB

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark McWhinney [mailto:msm at portata.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 2:18 PM
To: John Bentley (jab); 'G Walker'
Cc: MikeLDrew at aol.com; guido_detomaso at prodigy.net; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] NPC - Mid Engine airplanes - Hooks Man redux

I always thought that the ZF would be a good spot to mount a Gatling gun
with the barrels pointing out the AC vent.  It would nicely complement
the
pair of Big Bore mortar launchers on either side of the AC vent.

Of course, it's just a fictional James Bond thing ... though, the SCCA
rules
don't specific forbid the use of Gatling guns or mortars ...



-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On
Behalf Of John Bentley (jab)
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 1:59 PM
To: G Walker
Cc: MikeLDrew at aol.com; guido_detomaso at prodigy.net; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] NPC - Mid Engine airplanes - Hooks Man redux

Ok, that makes sense.  Thanks Gary.  I can see it firing through the
prop center, but not though any part of the engine, and certainly not
the crank!

BTW, the ME 109 had a Merlin 500-45 engine.

JB

 

-----Original Message-----
From: G Walker [mailto:gow2 at rc-tech.net] 
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 1:40 PM
To: John Bentley (jab)
Cc: MikeLDrew at aol.com; guido_detomaso at prodigy.net; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Mid Engine airplanes - Hooks Man redux

Here is a photo. I believe this is a display at The Dayton air museum:
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/registry/p39-p63registry/images/p39
gun.jpg

Gary


John Bentley (jab) wrote:
> Fires right through the crank?  This I gots to see....  How can you
have
> a crank throw that goes round and round without firing on a connecting
> rod?
> 
> JB
> 
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 1:30 PM
> To: gow2 at rc-tech.net; guido_detomaso at prodigy.net
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Mid Engine airplanes - Hooks Man redux
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/30/06 13:18:55, gow2 at rc-tech.net writes:
> 
> << The ME 109 had a radial engine with big frontal 
> 
> area. The Germans at the time never dreamed it would out perform the 
> 
> ME109's. >>
> 
>>>>Typo--you meant the FW190 had the radial engine.
> 
> 
> The ME109 used a big Mercedes inverted V-12--the crank was at the top,
> and 
> the cylinders pointed down.  So I guess technically it was an
> A-12....The cannon 
> was mounted behind the engine, and fired straight THROUGH the hollow 
> crankshaft and right out the center of the prop's nosecone.
> 
> And the last version of the FW190 had an elongated nose and a
> conventional 
> (non-radial) engine--I think it was a V-12 (A-12?) also.
> 
> Mike
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