Gull wings! That's brilliant, wish I had thought of that.
Going to give that shot.
And now having sketched that out and looked at it head/end on I see that SOMEONE will end up calling an "X-Wing" I just know it
Randy
Air and Space Photos from Alternate Worlds.
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And now having sketched that out and looked at it head/end on I see that SOMEONE will end up calling an "X-Wing" I just know it
Randy
Sparrow Avengers timeline - Letov L-395 "Raven" traction monoplane figher (late 1920s - 1940s) of the Zemplín Federation (1930s)
Another specific air force's fighter plane from the interwar era of the Sparrow Avengers universe.
The Letov L-395 Krkavec, developed by Letov Kbely in the Czech-Moravian-Silesian Republic in the late 1920s and exported or license-built in a number of countries, including many of the Slovak-speaking successor statelets to Austria-Hungary (where it was known as the Krkavec or Holló).
Here's a specimen of the L-395 "Raven" from the Zemplín Federation, one of the east Slovak successor statelets.
With the standard version of the roundel of the Zemplín air force, as well as a small flag with five rows of colours, associated with the Zemplín Federation and its air force, on the tail rudder.
Another specific air force's fighter plane from the interwar era of the Sparrow Avengers universe.
The Letov L-395 Krkavec, developed by Letov Kbely in the Czech-Moravian-Silesian Republic in the late 1920s and exported or license-built in a number of countries, including many of the Slovak-speaking successor statelets to Austria-Hungary (where it was known as the Krkavec or Holló).
Here's a specimen of the L-395 "Raven" from the Zemplín Federation, one of the east Slovak successor statelets.
With the standard version of the roundel of the Zemplín air force, as well as a small flag with five rows of colours, associated with the Zemplín Federation and its air force, on the tail rudder.
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May 1960, the first truly Franco-British rocket proposal (previous proposals involved only France co-funding a British Blue Streak- and Black Knight- derived rocket (often called Black Prince)
Made of the Blue Streak missile as First Stage and Super Veronique (ancestor of Émeraude - First stage of Diamant - and the Vesta sounding rocket , studied by the LRBA since 1958 and tested at component level in 1960)
A third stage was needed, so here it is envisioned with both a 800mm diameter solid stage (the "Mammouth Block" of Agathe and Topaze - which originated from late 50s french tactical missile studies -, the Second stage of diamant, which was considered by the SEREB on top of Super-Veronique concurrently in May 1960) , and a British Kerozene-HTP S3 taken from Black Prince (ancestor of Black Arrow S2, developped by Saunders Roe and Bristol Siddeley ) which was being studied at the time according to C.N.Hill's "A Vertical Empire", both realistic options for 1960.
Between the ineficient upper stages and their small diameters, this was clearly a waste of the Blue Streak's capability, it probably couldn't reach 500 kg of payload to Orbit, yet it may have enabled a launch in 1964 or 1965, since all components had been tested by then IRL, maybe even before Harold's wilson election, which may have enabled stronger british commitment to the program.
The French second stage proposal would then become a full-fledged Emeraude stage by late 1960, and eventually become Coralie - First by switching from a 1.2/1.4m wide, Turpentine + Nitric acid, solid-fuel-pressurised-tanks-pressure-fed design to a 2m wide, UDHM + Nitrogen Tetroxide,
liquid-fuel-pressurised-tanks-pressure-fed), then by switching from a Single combustion chamber design to a Four-chambers design.
The third stage would be neither French nor British, first considered as an international stage, it then became a German, Fluorine-Hydrogen pressure fed stage called "OPHOS", before becoming the Aerozine + NTO pressure fed Astris stage.
The HTP+Kerozene third stage would eventually become the basis for the Black Arrow's second stage (which is why I took the freedom to give the second diagram the black arrow's fairing)
References include:
H. Moulin: "A-1: The First French Satellite"
H. Moulin 'La construction d’une politique Spatiale en France'
C.N.Hill: "A Vertical Empire"
J. Blamont La politique spatiale française et son avenir" in "Cahier de la fondation Charles de Gaulle #12"
Made of the Blue Streak missile as First Stage and Super Veronique (ancestor of Émeraude - First stage of Diamant - and the Vesta sounding rocket , studied by the LRBA since 1958 and tested at component level in 1960)
A third stage was needed, so here it is envisioned with both a 800mm diameter solid stage (the "Mammouth Block" of Agathe and Topaze - which originated from late 50s french tactical missile studies -, the Second stage of diamant, which was considered by the SEREB on top of Super-Veronique concurrently in May 1960) , and a British Kerozene-HTP S3 taken from Black Prince (ancestor of Black Arrow S2, developped by Saunders Roe and Bristol Siddeley ) which was being studied at the time according to C.N.Hill's "A Vertical Empire", both realistic options for 1960.
Between the ineficient upper stages and their small diameters, this was clearly a waste of the Blue Streak's capability, it probably couldn't reach 500 kg of payload to Orbit, yet it may have enabled a launch in 1964 or 1965, since all components had been tested by then IRL, maybe even before Harold's wilson election, which may have enabled stronger british commitment to the program.
The French second stage proposal would then become a full-fledged Emeraude stage by late 1960, and eventually become Coralie - First by switching from a 1.2/1.4m wide, Turpentine + Nitric acid, solid-fuel-pressurised-tanks-pressure-fed design to a 2m wide, UDHM + Nitrogen Tetroxide,
liquid-fuel-pressurised-tanks-pressure-fed), then by switching from a Single combustion chamber design to a Four-chambers design.
The third stage would be neither French nor British, first considered as an international stage, it then became a German, Fluorine-Hydrogen pressure fed stage called "OPHOS", before becoming the Aerozine + NTO pressure fed Astris stage.
The HTP+Kerozene third stage would eventually become the basis for the Black Arrow's second stage (which is why I took the freedom to give the second diagram the black arrow's fairing)
References include:
H. Moulin: "A-1: The First French Satellite"
H. Moulin 'La construction d’une politique Spatiale en France'
C.N.Hill: "A Vertical Empire"
J. Blamont La politique spatiale française et son avenir" in "Cahier de la fondation Charles de Gaulle #12"
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A comparative image of several different types of spacecraft from my setting, circa the 2690s.
The Dreadnought truly lives up to its name, dwarfing nearly all other combat spacecraft at 1600 meters in length and massing at up to 10 million tons. They are the centerpiece of most Navy strike groups, and despite being classed as a battleship, are a very flexible spacecraft with several configurations for space combat, planetary assault, and command-and-control.
Next to it is the Excalibur class battlecruiser, a more straightforward main battle vessel. It was previously the mainstay of the Terran Imperial Space Navy, but was retired in the early 2680s a few years after the end of the Great War.
The next ones over are the Kite class cruiser, Gawain class destroyer, Tristan class frigate, and the Chard class light frigate, the workhorses of the Central Galactic Navy's space branch. The Kite is an attempt to design a "scaled-down" Dreadnought, incorporating seamless improvements while reducing the size of the powerplant, laser weapons, and crew size. Lastly is the Archer class missile boat, an unmanned or AI-operated combat craft that supports nearly every fleet action by providing highly mobile fire support.
Further over are a variety of civilian spacecraft, including particularly famous pirate or outlaw ships. Along with the UN Space Forces' Constantine class cruiser from the Interplanetary War era (2160s) and the NASA Saturn V moon rocket (1969) to provide a sense of scale.
Scale is 1 px = 1 meter.
The Dreadnought truly lives up to its name, dwarfing nearly all other combat spacecraft at 1600 meters in length and massing at up to 10 million tons. They are the centerpiece of most Navy strike groups, and despite being classed as a battleship, are a very flexible spacecraft with several configurations for space combat, planetary assault, and command-and-control.
Next to it is the Excalibur class battlecruiser, a more straightforward main battle vessel. It was previously the mainstay of the Terran Imperial Space Navy, but was retired in the early 2680s a few years after the end of the Great War.
The next ones over are the Kite class cruiser, Gawain class destroyer, Tristan class frigate, and the Chard class light frigate, the workhorses of the Central Galactic Navy's space branch. The Kite is an attempt to design a "scaled-down" Dreadnought, incorporating seamless improvements while reducing the size of the powerplant, laser weapons, and crew size. Lastly is the Archer class missile boat, an unmanned or AI-operated combat craft that supports nearly every fleet action by providing highly mobile fire support.
Further over are a variety of civilian spacecraft, including particularly famous pirate or outlaw ships. Along with the UN Space Forces' Constantine class cruiser from the Interplanetary War era (2160s) and the NASA Saturn V moon rocket (1969) to provide a sense of scale.
Scale is 1 px = 1 meter.
JAXA+ "Raijin" Jupiter mission
2054-01-19 - Jupiter Cargo Vehicle enters orbit
2054-02-27 - Habitat module landed on Callisto
2054-01-19 - Jupiter Cargo Vehicle enters orbit
2054-02-27 - Habitat module landed on Callisto
2057-06-21 - The Raijin Jupiter Piloted Vehicle one day before orbital insertion
2057-07-25 - The Jupiter Orbital Vehicle docked to the Jovian Moons Landing Module
Right to left: Hachirota Hoshino, Ken’ichi Obikawa, and Juri Araki landed on Callisto
2057-07-25 - The Jupiter Orbital Vehicle docked to the Jovian Moons Landing Module
Right to left: Hachirota Hoshino, Ken’ichi Obikawa, and Juri Araki landed on Callisto
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Hello! It has been a very long time since I posed here. So here is something new I have researched. It is from a research project from the Massachusetts Institute of technology back in the late 1960's. Students were given the problem of an asteroid named Icarus striking the earth and and finding a solution to stop it. Project Icarus used all of NASA's Apollo program and unlimited funding to deflect Icarus. And a super sized H-bomb from the Soviet Union. Here are some photos I made of the launch vehicles.
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More pictures and a link to an article about the project
https://www.wired.com/2012/03/mit-saves-the-world-project-icarus-1967/
https://www.wired.com/2012/03/mit-saves-the-world-project-icarus-1967/
