[BengalTiger]

Here's some Polish stuff that was due in the '40's:

The PZL 53:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL.53_Jastrz%C4%85b_II






The PZL 54:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL.54_Ry%C5%9B




PZL 55/PZL-62:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL.55





PZL 49:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL.49_Mi%C5%9B


The 49 was based on the PZL 37:


I could work on a little backstory for Poland that would fit the Free Skies universe when I get some free time...

Is it just me, or is this thing larger than a B-25?

[Trivial Psychic]

It looks like it could be a bit unstable with such a short tail.  It might do better to lengthen the distance aft of the pusher engine, using an extension shaft as with the Do-335.

[Dilmah G]

Is it just me, or is this thing larger than a B-25?

Well from memory, the Ta-152 (aircraft the forward fuselage bears striking resemblance to) was also on the larger side.

But looking at the pilot vs. the wings, especially, makes the aircraft look quite large. Good for bootlegging operations? Booze in the aft tank and cruise feeds on wing tanks?

[BengalTiger]

Well, the Ta-152 was a whopping 10.82 meters long, the Do-335 was 13.85 m long, and the B-25 was 16.1 m long, so the concept art looks larger than the planes it was based on.

[Bobboau]

it's too bad venom isn't still around he would have eaten this thing right up.

[Unknown Target]

Whatever happened to him anyway?

Some neat jet fighters, not sure if they were posted before:

Yak-17:


Yak-23:


Saab 21R:

[ssmit132]

Saab 21R:
*snip*

There's also the older piston variant of that aircraft:

[gevatter Lars]

I know its not a real plane but it looks cool

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[Dilmah G]

I find the aircraft's appearance a little funny, for some reason.

[ssmit132]

You aren't the only one.

Either it's too short or has too wide a wingspan.

[BengalTiger]

There's a historical plane that looks like that...

Meet the @$$-ender


A jet powered version with a bubble canopy would be nice for this mod.

[starlord]

wait... is that a captured shinden?

or perhaps an ascender prototype?

the shinden was supposed to be jet powered, I think... only the prototype mounted a piston engine.

[StarSlayer]

That's no Shinden. The J7W had a rockin' sexy body.

[BengalTiger]

After looking at the J7W, I moved on to a few other planes...

And I've noticed that the P-80 totally outperforms the Me 262:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-80_Shooting_Star

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262

The US fighter is a couple years younger, but I was pretty sure it was the Germans that are far ahead in terms of airplanes...

[starlord]

how foolish: I didn't read the picture title!

[Hades]

**** yeah that's pretty much a flying sub.

[The E]

Now that's a good find.

Even though the turret layout is insane. Seriously, where do they store the Ammo for those guns?

[BengalTiger]

Objection!!!

The above ship has a main battery- the big guns in the turret, then it has a secondary and tetriary battery in the casemates along the lower/upper/lower centerline. That makes it a pre-dreadnought. Dreadnoughts had one primary battery, and then a much smaller secondary one, without anything in between.

It might fit this universe rather nice though.

As for the subs- they could be units specialized in flying really low, compared to the higher altitudes of the other warships. They'd have to be small, fast and maneuverable to avoid colliding with powerlines, trees, buildings and other obstacles the big ships avoid by flying higher. This would allow the 'subs' to move in really close before getting detected by radar- they'd simply hide in the Earth's reflection on the early radar sets. They could then pop up, torp the warships and dive back, hoping to loose the pursuers.

Sub destroyers could be special units with their largest caliber on the bottom of their hull. They could double as close support units for ground forces.

[The E]

The submarine design pictured there is far too modern for the scope of this project. It looks like a 70s/80s design; using advances in jet propulsion tech to replace the propellers of the designs we're dealing with, and being armed with a VLS battery.

[JGZinv]

Some additional art you might find interesting.

http://www.animepaper.net/art/40844/anatoray-fleet

http://www.animepaper.net/art/40995/tatianas-vanship

http://www.animepaper.net/art/40896/silvana

http://www.animepaper.net/art/40728/disith-fleet

http://www.animepaper.net/art/41119/urbanus

http://www.animepaper.net/art/40627/exile