WtF? Aircraft 'fit' for DCS...

[Tank50us]

Alright, here's something for a bit of fun...

 

What are some planes that are so outlandish, and so "It was a good idea at the time..." that you would like to see in DCS?

 

Rules:

1: It must be something that was conceived and can have at least some documentation for.

2: It must be something something designed by a real-world country

3: It must ask "who's nuts enough to fly this thing?"

 

And my first candidate:

 

The XF-85 Goblin.

 

Yes, this tiny thing actually flew, and it was designed to be dropped out of B-36 Peacemakers as it's own escort fighter... I mean... it was the 50s after all. Now, I suck at Mid-Air refueling, to the point I have yet to make a single hook-up... could you imagine people trying to do the one thing this things single test pilot couldn't manage?

 

Alright, let's see what wild, hair-brained aircraft you guys would like to see in DCS. Remember, this is just for fun, thus why it's not in Wishlist.

[G.J.S]

 

 

Convair Sea Dart, absolute P.O.S. apparently, but could be interesting?

[Eldur]

This thread literally cries for this one:

 

[G.J.S]

10 minutes ago, Eldur said:

This thread literally cries for this one:

 

Good one.

 

Herman - ”Heinz, ve hav a new craft for you to pilot . . “

Heinz - “VAT ZE SCHNITZEL IST DAT!?!!?”

[dawgie79]

4 hours ago, Tank50us said:

Alright, here's something for a bit of fun...

 

What are some planes that are so outlandish, and so "It was a good idea at the time..." that you would like to see in DCS?

 

Rules:

1: It must be something that was conceived and can have at least some documentation for.

2: It must be something something designed by a real-world country

3: It must ask "who's nuts enough to fly this thing?"

 

And my first candidate:

 

The XF-85 Goblin.

 

Yes, this tiny thing actually flew, and it was designed to be dropped out of B-36 Peacemakers as it's own escort fighter... I mean... it was the 50s after all. Now, I suck at Mid-Air refueling, to the point I have yet to make a single hook-up... could you imagine people trying to do the one thing this things single test pilot couldn't manage?

 

Alright, let's see what wild, hair-brained aircraft you guys would like to see in DCS. Remember, this is just for fun, thus why it's not in Wishlist.

 

Looks hilarious to be honest.

[Eldur]

Another tail-sitter VTOL:

 

[sirrah]

Only after the new DCS infantry units are inplemeted:

 

 

 

[G.J.S]

7 hours ago, sirrah said:

Only after the new DCS infantry units are inplemeted:

 

 

 

 

That's a novel way of transporting beer around the battlefield . . . . . 

[Tank50us]

2 hours ago, G.J.S said:

 

That's a novel way of transporting beer around the battlefield . . . . . 

 

As well as a quick way to become a Soldier Suflet

[MiG21bisFishbedL]

A parasite fighter/FICON set up would be legit hella fun.

[BeastyBaiter]

Avrocar, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar

 

Edited July 26, 2021 by BeastyBaiter

[Eldur]

Something less exotic, but still "what if": I'd actually love to see DCS: Yak-41, based on the -141 prototypes. If we can't have the real modern, red toys, have some educated guesstimates on the toys that didn't become real.

[Lazerhawk]

MD-160, the sole completed Lun-class ekranoplan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan)

 

[Kilo]

Martin P6M Seamaster: Atomic bomber flying boat. Words I'd never have thought I'd hear in a single sentence. Built right at the border between WWII and modern air warfare: A jet powered flying boat carrying nuclear weapons and a gun defensive armament. Exotic, to say the least. Quite the looker, too.

Edited August 14, 2021 by Kilo

[Mogster]

Miles M39 Libellula?

 

 

[Lazerhawk]

The Antonov A-40 Krylya Tanka (Russian: крылья танка, meaning "tank wings") was a Soviet attempt to allow a tank to glide onto a battlefield.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_A-40)

[TLTeo]

Holy crap that is the most Soviet thing I have ever seen

[Weta43]

The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the primary all-weather interceptor aircraft of the United States Air Force from the 1960s through to the 1980s. Designed as the so-called "Ultimate Interceptor", it proved to be the last specialist interceptor in U.S. Air Force service to date. It was gradually retired during the 1980s, (& it carries semi-active radar guided missiles with a 250 ton TNT equivalent)