Blackburn B.44

[leaded50]

"for once" im building a "normal" warbird plane............or? Still in awaiting parts for other builds....

Blackburn B.44 "Krait" (Krait is the name of a Asian venomous sea snake) . The plane was designed in 1942, and used by the Brits at WW2 in/around the Pacific islands 1943/44. Much of the structural is similar of the Blackburn Firebrand . It was a singelengined fighter.
Krait ware quite fast, but too heavy for fast manouvering, and easily out manoeuvred by lighter Jap fighters.
452 Kraits were produced, and did best performance as shooting down bombers, eg, than as a in aircombat with other fighters.
Conter rotation prop is always "fancy", and in order. (need wait for parts here too... )

 

[leaded50]

"quite easy" build, with just 4 parts fuselage skins + razorback topshape.... here is internals quite ready...

 

[flyingkelpie]

Wow. Never seen a plane like that yet!

 

[leaded50]

Wow. Never seen a plane like that yet!

picure is of a model though.. im gonna post better ones.

 

[flyingkelpie]

Ok. What motor are you using to make the prop counter-rotate?

 

[leaded50]

i bought a "ready system" of CMR biggest version, who is 2413 1300kv motors.Thrust approx 1600 - 2000g

 

[flyingkelpie]

Wow. Never seen one of them before. You wouldn't need any right thrust angle with that setup.

 

[leaded50]

fuselage ready skinned. Empty of cardboard....well no problem, a pizzabox function great on the "razorback" top.
I need keep top of cowl open, till get the motorsystem, for easyer install.

In scale 1:10 , wingspan 1060mm, length 940mm + prop/spinner.

 

[flyingkelpie]

Nice!

 

[DinosEatPeople1]

Can’t wait to see this one!

 

[leaded50]

tailfin, canopy, and rear stab is in place, + a little superlight filler in front, to smooth out,

 

[flyingkelpie]

Can you put up a video of the maiden when it's done?

 

[leaded50]

a bit more, testing with wing

... close to similar wing as the Spitfire....just the LE is straigh..

 

[leaded50]

ok, i must confess..... when you see the top pic.... doesnt it look a bit weird at fuelage belly? At the pic of the internals.... it already have a "plate" at bottom....and why does it lay one more on the picture? At the other pictures dont the lower cowlpart looks weird?

Most of you know i like build unusal models, and this isnt?
Well, its in fact a seaplane fighter. With a retractable hull which could be lowered for landing and raised when flying, thus improving aerodynamic efficiency in the latter action.
A fighter design which could operate near the frontlines in areas where there were next-to-now support systems available - namely wide expanses of ocean where small islands (either natural or man-made) were all that could be had.
The boat-like hull was built into the fuselage's design (supported / retracted by a system of struts) no complex landing gear arrangement was needed. The whole floathull goes down and forward under the prop, to get right stance by CG/landing/take-off. Two outboard (folding) pontoons were set near the ends of each wing for stability when running on the water's surface.
Here is a picture of a complete model:

 

[leaded50]

and here is a pic on my build, without any retractable floathull yet, just under construction..

 

[flyingkelpie]

When I first saw that pic at the top I'll admit I thought it looked pretty weird. That retractable hull is smart though!

 

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[DinosEatPeople1]

This thing is so cool! I would love to build one if the retracts for the hull were strong enough. Idk if this is a possibility but it would be amazing

 

[leaded50]

This thing is so cool! I would love to build one if the retracts for the hull were strong enough. Idk if this is a possibility but it would be amazing

A single electronic 90 degree 40g servoless retract is enough to lift and lower the whole plane on the ground. Its more work to explore how linkage needs be.

(bottom parts not painted yet.)

 

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testing to find correct height on wing sponsons.