[FlyingBoxHead]

I was looking at pictures of some B-17s and I found a few that stood out among others.
It is a B-17 turboprop testbed.The engine on the nose is an experimental Allison turboprop engine
I was wondering if somebody could make a mod for this strange aircraft. thx

Some pics......
Very shiny.......=)


Yet wierd.......


definitely a prototype......=)

[European Snake]

OOO OOO OOO!!! I like shiny plane!!! Lol

[XB-49]

A nice idea. But it wouldn't be very useful for much.

[agamemnon_b5]

A nice idea. But it wouldn't be very useful for much.

Neither is the Storch mod. :lol:

[XB-49]

A nice idea. But it wouldn't be very useful for much.

Neither is the Storch mod. :lol:

Well but the Storch did see action. That B-17 just has an engine sticking out of it's nose. It's alright by me if someone wants to build it.

[European Snake]

A nice idea. But it wouldn't be very useful for much.

Neither is the Storch mod. :lol:

Well but the Storch did see action. That B-17 just has an engine sticking out of it's nose. It's alright by me if someone wants to build it.

LA-7R, G11, C-47, MXY, HE-111Z...

[BomberBoy]

How about the XB-38 instead?

[FlyingBoxHead]

wow I've never seen that one before.Very cool...

[XB-49]

XB-39: B-29 with Aliison V-3420 inline engines.



XB-44: B-29 with Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radials.

[Lefty Hartnett]

The Storch is awesome.

[American]

Wow. Well None of these saw much action at all.

This is on my: Do it if you wish i would download but i would prefer if the work was used on a more important project. -Section (LOl?)

[Divine-wind]

The Storch is awesome.

Oh you know it! Now if only we could get gunpods and rockets for it

[shakthamac]

the B-17 in the second image can now be found flying the airshow circuit. It's the Liberty Belle

[Hoon]

The engine is a P&W XT-34 turboprop - which would eventually power the C-133 Cargomaster - under testing.

As you can see from the feathered engines, it was about x5 more powerful than a Cyclone engine.