That's a pretty interesting design.

Yeah. I've been doing doodles of this odd aircraft to make better detailed drawings of it in a Myazaki-esque vein. I like the idea that the talon like landing gear can also be used for grappling.

I was going to mention Miyazaki! It looks an awful lot like the planes from "Castle in the Sky." It could almost be a Laputan bomber.

That looks really neat actually... it would make a cool improvised flying vehicle for some kind of dystopia future. Makes me think og Nausicaä for some reason

I enjoy Myazaki's "Flying machine" doodles and concept sketches. This aircraft was also inspired by the idea if the creatures who built the plane which had been more inspired by flying dragons over birds.

Yeah, he has some neat ideas in his work =^-^= I do see reminiscence

Hmm, that is an interesting thing.

I'm glad you like it. I want to draw more.

I look forward to any more.

Ah yes.. From 'Photanius's Instant History. Vol. V':

..one of the few experiments with XSToL was the XJF268 (Codename Dragonfly), who's telescopic pneumatic landing gear was designed to take the shock of the landing, store and then translate it into the force needed to fling the aircraft back into the air proved extremely unpopular, both with the ground troops it was designed to ferry into the field, and the pilots who flew them. Frequent mechanical failures of the gear on landing caused many aircraft losses. Landing in rough terrain (the aircraft's design goal) was very problematic, as a landing 'foot' slip often had the main airfoil spar contact the ground with disastrous results. This rare picture shows a possible resulting 'field repair' as the starboard wing assembly is somewhat truncated.
The variant codenamed 'Waterstrider' had a somewhat higher survival rate.

.."I'm not getting back in that thing, No Way. Not even if you paid me."



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Commiserations on the vision problems. I have something wrong with my eyes of which an eye doctor said "..is not Keratoconus, but would have that word in it's name, if we had a name for it."

Did you just make this up Clemtaur? It's very inspired and also intriguing. It'd make great liner notes for similar sketches if I ever get them done.

><i>Did you just make this up Clemtaur?</i>
,,yes, sorry. 'Instant History' is a bad habit of mine.
><i> It's very inspired and also intriguing.</i>
Thank you. :D Back at you for your picture. :) I enjoyed the 'Flitterhopper' that you drew pictures of as well.

Would you mind if I attempted blueprints or a model of this?

Not at all. In fact if your plans are nicely detailed I might even be encouraged to build a scale model of the aircraft just for fun.

Looks like some sort of mysterious ghost plane, circling high over a battle field and waiting to snatch up recently released souls.

Kinda like the "Ghost B-17" that safely landed at it's home base in England with it's frozen, dead crew still inside?

I'll have to finish those sketches for certain. I want to show off that landing gear as well.

Floaters are /so/ annoying. I got my first one when I was about 16, and I'm in my mid-thirties now, and I have a lot more of them. Long-sighted people apparently don't suffer from them, or as much.

That's odd. Yes, I'm badly myopic too. I wonder if they can be "Zapped" out with a laser or something? On the plus side the ones I have are kind of inspirational in a James Thurber-ish sort of way.

They can be removed with vitreolysis, though I've no idea how much it'd cost. Several thousand dollars, probably, but it's an outpatient procedure with a fairly high chance of success.

I want one of them!

I wonder if you just have the desire to fly? I can happily draw up more images of this odd aircraft, but as far as I know it isn't for real. There's a few fellow "Furries" on FA here who have their own private aircraft, and perhaps they could take you up for a ride or join you on a visit to an air museum. This wrecked relic though would prove to be an expensive, maintenance nightmare though. ...If it existed.

I could build a model of it at least.

But...But...But this looks really cool!

All the more reason to build a model of this aircraft.

A full-size model that I can fit into, that actually flies? Hehe.

This picture... implies a whole world of fascinating things.

Well done in following your inspiration!

I'm glad you like it. Judging by your icon, I get the impression you're fond of Dragons. The basic airframe is based on a Dragon's flight form.

Yep, two-headed dragon. Also, been enjoying your works for some time.

Reminds me of some dreams I've had... 7@=e

You have some interesting dreams there. I figure what saved this aircraft and her crew was in applying full thrust to the three remaining engines. It most likely flew like that weird German Blohm and Voss BV141.

That might be fun. Can you work from a six view plan?

Oddly reminiscent of one of the flying craft in the movie Laputa.

Of all the earlier Miyazaki animated features out there, I feel that "Nausicaa of the valley of the Wind" had the neater looking aircraft. Still, I did like Laputa, (Castle in the sky.) for it's rollicking adventure neatly wrapped up in a "Steampunk" themed fantasy. It's evident that Miyazaki has a fascination for aircraft and flying though, as for example, the aerial scenes in "Little witch KiKi," and of course "The wind Rises," which is based on the career of a Japanese aircraft designer through his life during the "Golden age of aviation."

This is one of the doodles I really wish I could develop further. I had a comic trilogy I wanted to work on called "The electric mink" where the cyber world and reality cross frequently and violently. in the third volume, "Future Shock," forces from the cyber world of Tanderel break through into the "Now" in order to find out what happened to the amassed armored force that disappeared in "Culture Shock," the second volume. I had a dream that this is what remains of the giant aircraft that broke through the barriers carrying rescuers. Of course, this aircraft carries a "Key" that will allow the cyber-beings the ability to return to their home.

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/31174552/
Here's a "Sample page" I created with the help from a colorist to promote the project.

Niiiiiice work!