Douglas A3D-1 Original Design & Prototypes

Great find, Hesham. Any volunteer to try and extract viewable 3-views from that entanglement of lines ?
 
I can't at the moment see EIGHT alternatives, unless say one set of wings goes with two sets of tails, in which case some of the eight become guesswork?
 
smurf said:
I can't at the moment see EIGHT alternatives, unless say one set of wings goes with two sets of tails, in which case some of the eight become guesswork?
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There is surely some of that. Same fuselage, different wings; different fuselages with the same wing, etc.

The thing to do would be to extract fuselages, wings and tails from that drawing separately, and start matching up.
 
Greetings All -

Here's the alternatives that Hesham originally posted but scanned direct from the original article - just a bit sharper image.

Also including a couple of nice cutaways for reference.

Enjoy the Day! Mark
 

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Hi,


from the book, Douglas A3D Skywarrior,by Steve Ginter,here is the original XA3D designs.
 

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One of the AJ Savage-like ones is in the Naval Fighters series edition on the Savage.
 
Douglas proposal model for the XA3D-1. Not sure if El Segundo had its own model shop, so this may be from Santa Monica.
 

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Very nice - thanks!

The J-40 was quite a long engine as evidenced by the nacelles.

Enjoy the Day! Mark
 
XA3D drawing.
 

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From Naval Aviation News 1958.
 

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