Lockheed CL-1201 Logistic Support Aircraft

[citizensnip]

 

[sferrin]

Any chance you might do the VTOL version next?

 

[foiling]

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Breath-taking art of a superb aircraft.

 

[citizensnip]

Any chance you might do the VTOL version next?

 

[sferrin]

I can't imagine how loud that thing would be in the hover. I think those engine banks up front were retractable.

 

[woofyc_89]

Great to see this 3d model, going to be in the next F+E video on the channel soon.
I noticed in the 3d model there is an access hatch to the reactor on top, but in real life I believe it was to be surrounded with meters of lead

 

[citizensnip]

Great to see this 3d model, going to be in the next F+E video on the channel soon.
I noticed in the 3d model there is an access hatch to the reactor on top, but in real life I believe it was to be surrounded with meters of lead

I assumed that the reactor could be installed as in a nuclear icebreaker. The reactor is loaded through a hatch from above.

 

[Yellow Palace]

I noticed in the 3d model there is an access hatch to the reactor on top, but in real life I believe it was to be surrounded with meters of lead

There's no reason the shielding can't be arranged such that a hatch can be opened, the shielding removed, then the reactor removed, or vice versa for installation.

 

[A_Kid1234]

Would the CL-1201 actually be feasible as an VTOL airborne aircraft carrier?

 

[gabrielorosco]

I think it was not meant to be fully VTOL, but STOL, only to reduce the take off run (and landing).

 

[Foo Fighter]

How would you get pilots/crew in and out of the parasitic aircraft in flight? Would you expect them to remain in their seats for the whole shift?

 

[Archibald]

How would you get pilots/crew in and out of the parasitic aircraft in flight? Would you expect them to remain in their seats for the whole shift?

41 days gonna be quite a long time, in a cockpit...

P.S the whole concept truly pushed the boundaries of insanity.

 

[gabrielorosco]

How would you get pilots/crew in and out of the parasitic aircraft in flight? Would you expect them to remain in their seats for the whole shift?

The "pod" was also meant to cover The cockpits of the fighters, allowing access/exit in flight.

 

[sferrin]

Seems like it would be very easy to shoot down. (Of course it would be big enough it could have a lot of DEW CIWS onboard so maybe not.)

 

[publiusr]

Flight Engineer gets the jacuzzi

 

[Archibald]

Seems like it would be very easy to shoot down. (Of course it would be big enough it could have a lot of DEW CIWS onboard so maybe not.)

The proverbial elephant in the room, except it would be a blue whale.

I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of its crash: it would make one huge, smoldering nuclear hole in the ground.

 

[Scott Kenny]

US government:
Stealth is optional
Lockheed:
Observe

Lockheed: "And hold my beer"

 

[A_Kid1234]

It’s a bird, its a plane, oh no, it’s Lockheed Martin.