Lockheed CL-1201 Logistic Support Aircraft

[citizensnip]

 

[sferrin]

Any chance you might do the VTOL version next?

 

[foiling]

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Breath-taking art of a superb aircraft.

 

[citizensnip]

Any chance you might do the VTOL version next?

 

[sferrin]

I can't imagine how loud that thing would be in the hover. I think those engine banks up front were retractable.

 

[woofyc_89]

Great to see this 3d model, going to be in the next F+E video on the channel soon.
I noticed in the 3d model there is an access hatch to the reactor on top, but in real life I believe it was to be surrounded with meters of lead

 

[citizensnip]

Great to see this 3d model, going to be in the next F+E video on the channel soon.
I noticed in the 3d model there is an access hatch to the reactor on top, but in real life I believe it was to be surrounded with meters of lead

I assumed that the reactor could be installed as in a nuclear icebreaker. The reactor is loaded through a hatch from above.

 

[Yellow Palace]

I noticed in the 3d model there is an access hatch to the reactor on top, but in real life I believe it was to be surrounded with meters of lead

There's no reason the shielding can't be arranged such that a hatch can be opened, the shielding removed, then the reactor removed, or vice versa for installation.

 

[A_Kid1234]

Would the CL-1201 actually be feasible as an VTOL airborne aircraft carrier?

 

[gabrielorosco]

I think it was not meant to be fully VTOL, but STOL, only to reduce the take off run (and landing).

 

[Foo Fighter]

How would you get pilots/crew in and out of the parasitic aircraft in flight? Would you expect them to remain in their seats for the whole shift?

 

[Archibald]

How would you get pilots/crew in and out of the parasitic aircraft in flight? Would you expect them to remain in their seats for the whole shift?

41 days gonna be quite a long time, in a cockpit...

P.S the whole concept truly pushed the boundaries of insanity.

 

[gabrielorosco]

How would you get pilots/crew in and out of the parasitic aircraft in flight? Would you expect them to remain in their seats for the whole shift?

The "pod" was also meant to cover The cockpits of the fighters, allowing access/exit in flight.

 

[sferrin]

Seems like it would be very easy to shoot down. (Of course it would be big enough it could have a lot of DEW CIWS onboard so maybe not.)

 

[publiusr]

Flight Engineer gets the jacuzzi

 

[Archibald]

Seems like it would be very easy to shoot down. (Of course it would be big enough it could have a lot of DEW CIWS onboard so maybe not.)

The proverbial elephant in the room, except it would be a blue whale.

I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of its crash: it would make one huge, smoldering nuclear hole in the ground.

 

[Scott Kenny]

US government:
Stealth is optional
Lockheed:
Observe

Lockheed: "And hold my beer"

 

[A_Kid1234]

It’s a bird, its a plane, oh no, it’s Lockheed Martin.

 

[Christopher Wang]

I think it was not meant to be fully VTOL, but STOL, only to reduce the take off run (and landing).

I think the "canards" with some of the Lockheed CL-1201's VTOL lift jets are designed to move in and out of recesses within the forward fuselage as shown in the below schematic:

 

[Christopher Wang]

According to the YouTube channel Found and Explained, Lockheed stated that the CL-1201 was also expected to carry ten long-range attack missiles with nuclear warheads, although the type and size of the missiles and how they would be carried and launched was not specified:




The above screenshot depiction of the Lockheed CL-1201 launching a missile can be found in the 7:20 to 7:27 mark in the below video by Found and Explained:

 

[Ravinoff]

According to the YouTube channel Found and Explained, Lockheed stated that the CL-1201 was also expected to carry ten long-range attack missiles with nuclear warheads, although the type and size of the missiles and how they would be carried and launched was not specified:
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The above screenshot depiction of the Lockheed CL-1201 launching a missile can be found in the 7:20 to 7:27 mark in the below video by Found and Explained:

Load that monster up with Skybolts (or air-launched Minuteman IBs like that one test) and you're really cooking. I mean it's completely unnecessary and ridiculous unless you're maybe hunting Godzilla, but it's a hell of a concept.

 

[AE220]

According to the YouTube channel Found and Explained, Lockheed stated that the CL-1201 was also expected to carry ten long-range attack missiles with nuclear warheads, although the type and size of the missiles and how they would be carried and launched was not specified:
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The above screenshot depiction of the Lockheed CL-1201 launching a missile can be found in the 7:20 to 7:27 mark in the below video by Found and Explained:

He's on this forum, but hasen't been active in a while

 

[publiusr]

The Magnesium Eclipse

 

[Flyaway]

New from Mustard - Lockheed’s Insane Attack Carrier: The CL-1201:

View: https://youtu.be/FXTR-QNGUt0?si=ylS3RXq6eIIK8tO1

 

[Atomic Coyote]

Load that monster up with Skybolts (or air-launched Minuteman IBs like that one test) and you're really cooking. I mean it's completely unnecessary and ridiculous unless you're maybe hunting Godzilla, but it's a hell of a concept.

At the size of that thing what 10 of whatever particular type of missile you're using isn't going to matter much.

Lockheed roughly around the same time had concepts for turning the C-141 into a missile bus, presumably it would have been something similar.

 

[Ravinoff]

At the size of that thing what 10 of whatever particular type of missile you're using isn't going to matter much.

Lockheed roughly around the same time had concepts for turning the C-141 into a missile bus, presumably it would have been something similar.
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Oh no, I'm familiar enough with the missile bus idea for various roles (regional air defense like that C-141 or the B-1R), 747s and B-52s full of cruise missiles and all that. What I'm talking about with the CL-1201 is running it with air-launched ballistic missiles like Skybolt, Kinzhal, etc. Munition size matters a bit less on an aircraft of that scale, you could cram a truly ridiculous amount of long-range firepower on a CL-1201 airframe.