The Odd One

The odd one

I always found the X32 to be the more mechanically interesting of the two jets, as it doesn’t rely on a lift fan that turns into a big paperweight in level flight. 

Shame that it got mostly judged by the goofy outward design. I like to think that the underside is just an add-on jump kit to a much slimmer jet, which makes the plane look somewhat less like a flying tub.

what would a chinook helicopter look like as an anthro where would its second rotor be placed?

You're in luck, I got an old chinook wip painting just lying around. Idk if I’ll change the design at some point, but something close to this.

Phantom gets a gun (pod)

Originally the F-4 was designed without a gun, a flaw that was later fixed on the F-4E model. The pod was an intermediate fix to the gun issue. There were two types of pods: SUU-16/A and 23/A, which only the latter one was internally powered (also in the picture). SUU-16 used a ram-air turbine (a push out propeller) to rotate the gun. 

Ammo was stored in the back end of the pod and ejected out of the gun as it was fired. There were a few issues with the pods as usual as some of the 20mm rounds kept exploding in front of the aircraft, hitting them with shrapnel. Some guns jammed after just one round and were called the “1000-lb singe-shot rifle”.

Vitruvian Chieftain

Couple of (ridiculous) plane designs I was toying with some time ago. Forgot to upload them earlier so here we are.

Kamov Ka-27 speedy painting from a photo