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UD-5P Personnel Transport Variant
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 26 Aug 2002 23:21:44 GMT
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Hi all! This is the latest variant of the UD-5 VTOL, the P-Model. Sister
to the UD-5C "Mama Rog" (by Mark Sandlin), the UD-5P is the second
generation troop transport, outfitted with new engines and egress hatches.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=24116
The engines incorporate a mid-core centrifugal flow compressor which creates
a pre-swirl effect on intake air to better feed the combustion chamber and
variable geometry exhaust vanes.
The fuselage now has three means of entry/exit. The forward is primarily
used by the flight crew, while the mid and aft points are designed for troop
deployment.
I would like to thank Mark Sandlin once again for his original design. This
is my favorite ship to work with lately, let me know what ya think.
-Matt
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 | | Re: UD-5P Personnel Transport Variant
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| This is a real behemoth Matt - all meant in the best way, of course! You've done a great job of taking Mark's incredible design and tweaking it to give it a distinct personality of it's own. Of couse the side egress and the deployed rear ramp are (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
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