Motocar's Cutaway drawings

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Repost Cutaway Horton Wingless, Horton's flying car project that didn't require wings because its entire body was an aerodynamic airfoil. It had a piston engine in the front and was accessed through side doors with the pilot in a central position. It featured enormous side aerodynamic barriers, better known in English as "fences." Despite having built a prototype, or rather a mock-up, it never made any recorded flights. Horton opted for a larger model that covered an old twin-engine Cessna, built with Hughes' support with the promise that it didn't need "wings." However, the design deployed two short wings that were set back on the main body, breaking the promise to his majority of investors. Despite having flown in that configuration, its development did not continue, even though its promoter, Horton, had developed proposals for several ambitious models, including jet versions with swept-front wings. Here I share the drawing that originally appeared in the February 1951 issue of Science & Mechanics magazine where it was published. I owe you the original author. The image was retouched using AI by Motocar



show it clean and in detail.

I love the attention to detail, such as the Windshield Wiper Assembly...

 

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Ready

Repost Cutaway CASA Heinkel C-H 101/P.321 AI light retouched by Motocar

 

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Repost Cutaway Ikarus 452-2 AI interpretation by Motocar

 

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Cutaway Concrete Submarine AI interpretation by Motocar, original artist John Batchelor

 

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Cutaway Bristol Type 72 "Racer", by Motocar, in "pre-release", the strange and very bulky racing plane designed by the British firm. The model literally sought to house the firm's new and enormous Jupiter engine, giving it a rather squat and "chubby" appearance. This, combined with very short wingspan braced by a pair of struts, increased the visibility of its large fuselage, making it resemble a bumblebee. It had retractable landing gear operated by a system of pulleys and ropes, with the wheels, once retracted, stored on the sides of the fuselage in the large fairings at the wing joints. The tail surfaces were cruciform, with a large hub housing the two-bladed propeller, which also featured an air intake for engine cooling. Built primarily of wood, with the cockpit located in the center at the top, and a fairly vertical "V"-shaped windshield, its performance was disappointing to say the least (mediocre for most). Interpretation made using the old photograph of the assembly of that single copy to recreate this forgotten and ambitious Bristol project. Author Motocar

 

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Cutaway McDonnell Douglas A4M, in its latest two-seater version, easily distinguishable by the union of the copkpit cover with the "Hump" of electronic equipment, which unlike the initial TA4 maintains the operational characteristics, author Mike Badrocke and modified by Motocar to recreate this little-known version.

 

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Cutaway MAI Krechet VTOL Project this unknown Russian proposal to develop an "Executive" VTOL, actually I lost the original source of the small image with the data of it, I am rating again to give credit to the office that made this design, thanks to the AI it was relatively easy to make this schematic cut quite close to the original and retouched to eliminate small inconsistencies typical of the interpretation by the AI of Blurred details, a model to which more than a year ago I had begun to make a schematic cut but it was a rather frustrating task in the absence of clear lines that would allow me to see the drawing and its details. A three-rotor VTOL with variation of the thrust angle by means of shutters for flight and transitions from vertical take-off to horizontal flight and vice versa, with capacity for 2 pilots and 7/8 passengers, in a Canard wing configuration aircraft with the main wing slightly angled and rudders on the marginal edges also swept, two engines in the upper part of the rear fuselage, moving the fan piped by three axes, doa towards the fans under the planes and another longer one to the nose fan and which I speculate would only be used for transitions in takeoffs and landings, as seen in the F-35B fighter. Original name and author not indicated, AI retouching by Motocar
Note shared from forum Secret Projects
Soviet Student/Universities Projects (MAI, KhAI, etc)

 

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Cutaway Grumman G-21 "Goose" the amphibious aircraft of the US Navy, used during World War II, shares a resemblance with the lighter Grumman G-44 "Widgeon" linear engine, an AI retouching work by Motocar, and the original author not indicated

 

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One more time...

 

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Cutaway HAL Tejas MK.X, author Mike Badrocke, modified by MC72 and retouched by Motocar

 

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Cutaway Sukhoi T-4, retouched by Motocar

 

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Cutaway Myasishschev M-50

 

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Cutaway Shahed 136

 

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Corte transversal de Couzinet Arc En Ciel, autor Hubert Cance y muy modificado por la interpretación de Motocar.

 

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Cutaway Hansa-Brandenburg W.29, original author unknow and IA retouched by Motocar

 

[MC72]

I'm sending you this cutaway drawing of the Zeppelin Staaken R.VI that you requested. I finished it last week, gathering detailed information because there wasn't a decent representation of this remarkable machine.
Regards
MC-72

 

[Apophenia]

Cutaway Grumman G-21 "Goose" the amphibious aircraft of the US Navy, used during World War II, shares a resemblance with the lighter Grumman G-44 "Widgeon" linear engine, an AI retouching work by Motocar, and the original author not indicated

It has been five decades since I crawled around the inside of a Goose. And, despite being pretty cramped in its arse end, the Goose has always been a personal favourite.

Alas, your airframe structures, as drawn, ring no bells. Indeed, I'm fairly sure that whatever 'cutaway' drawing you based this on was meant to illustrate a plan for a balsa scale model.

Unfortunately, my collection of G-21 structural drawings had been scribbled over (making notes for DOT draughting) and have long since crumbled to dust ...

 

[Motocar]

Han pasado cinco décadas desde que me arrastré por el interior de un Goose . Y, a pesar de ser bastante estrecho por la parte trasera, el Goose siempre ha sido uno de mis vehículos favoritos.

Por desgracia, las estructuras del fuselaje, tal como las has dibujado, no me resultan familiares. De hecho, estoy bastante seguro de que el dibujo en sección transversal en el que te basaste estaba destinado a ilustrar un plano para una maqueta de madera de balsa.

Lamentablemente, mi colección de planos estructurales del G-21 había sido garabateada (con anotaciones para el Departamento de Transporte) y hace mucho que se desmoronó hasta convertirse en polvo...

 

[Motocar]

It wouldn't matter much; if you share the information privately, I can modify it to be more faithful to the original model.

 

[Apophenia]

It wouldn't matter much; if you share the information privately, I can modify it to be more faithful to the original model.

Sorry, I meant literally crumbled to dust (and a quarter century ago). Still, those manuals were pretty common back in the day. I guessing that someone on SPF has a decent copy squirreled away ...

 

[Motocar]

Sorry, I meant literally crumbled to dust (and a quarter century ago). Still, those manuals were pretty common back in the day. I guessing that someone on SPF has a decent copy squirreled away ...

Regrettable...!

 

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Cutaway AARV X-3, original author unknow and AI retouched by Motocar

 

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Cutaway Couzinet "Arc en Ciel" author Hubert Cance and light retouched by Motocar

 

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Repost Cutaway Couzinet Arc En Ciel IA colours retouched by Motocar

 

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Cutaway Mitsubishi XF-2, author unknow an AI retouched by Motocar

 

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Next Northrop P-610 in free interpretatión by Motocar

 

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Cutaway Northrop P-610 Iteration in free speculative interpretation by Motocar.

 

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Cutaway Northrop P-610 Iteration in free speculative interpretation by Motocar.

Interesting! I would have guessed that the belly-intake iteration of P-610 would have had its main wheels retract vertically. I guess not ...

 

[Motocar]

Interesting! I would have guessed that the belly-intake iteration of P-610 would have had its main wheels retract vertically. I guess not ...

The landing gear design is purely speculative; it features a very narrow track with the nose gear positioned beneath the air intake—a forward placement that left no room for the cockpit and would likely lead to the ingestion of foreign objects into the engine. I created it simply out of curiosity to see what it would look like! I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.

 

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Next cutaway speculstive drawing Douglas DC-5. Motocar

 

[Motocar]

This is a speculative cutaway of the Douglas DC-5 created by modifying various source drawings (including the DC-3, A-20, and B-17). This passenger and cargo aircraft continued Douglas's successful DC series; it featured a high-wing configuration, tricycle landing gear, and a bulkier fuselage. Although slightly smaller than the DC-3, it offered similar performance perhaps a reason why it was not produced in the large numbers seen with its predecessors. Previously, no cutaway existed to illustrate even speculatively its technical layout. It was powered by Wright GR-1820-F62 Cyclone engines (less powerful versions of the engines used in uprated form on the famous Boeing B-17). The high-wing design resulted in a lower-sitting fuselage, allowing for easier passenger and cargo access, while the cockpit layout is reminiscent of the DC-3. Based on work by various authors (Badrocke, Aviagraphica, etc.) and heavily modified by Motocar to create this speculative rendering.

 

[MC72]

An interesting preliminary study of this vehicle, of which only 12 units were built and about which little information is available; I am sharing a profile I developed some years ago. Regards.

 

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Cutaway Ekr Amfits, soviet/russian Light Ekranoplane concept, author unknow and AI retouched by Motocar

 

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Repost Cutaway Aquaglider 2 IA interpretation by Motocar in colours

 

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Link the Cutaways Fokker Aircrafts from:

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/arjens-fokker-cutaways-collection.15830/#post-153803

 

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Cutaway PAI.67 author Motocar and last AI iteration 03-sept.2026

 

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Cutaway Semurg Multi Purpose Jet, AI retouched by Motocar

 

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Cutaway Boeing F-15SE "Silent Eagle", AI retouched by Motocar

 

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Cutaway Saab J-47 Jagdente, author unknow and AI retouched by Motocar

 

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Repost Cutaway AARV X-3, original author unknow and AI colours retouched by Motocar