flyrgreen
12-20-2019, 10:45 PM
Just watched a documentary about yet another Kelly Johnson genius idea, from 1941-- the L-133. A jet-engined fighter capable of >mach 1. U.S. Military brass couldn't grasp & turned it down, so never got built. After the war he designed a weak version, the P-80. The L 133 was not only very ahead of it's time, it just plain looks cool. There is an awesome scratch-build opportunity here for someone (team?) to build a scale version, probably an under-mach 1 machine.
Link to video >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3viiJ4g5G8&list=WL&index=59&t=529s
Link to video >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3viiJ4g5G8&list=WL&index=59&t=529s