Come promesso in predenza, ecco a voi i disegni relativi al Tremulis Vertical Take-off (TVT).
Ed ora un pò di sano “what-iffing”, per la gioia di Carmelo e Kruaxi (dal lato storico) e Topopesto (dal lato modellistico).
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Il primo trittico è relativo all’entrata in servizio del TVT, nel gennaio del 1946, con il 1st Rocket Interceptor Sqn. (che - ovviamente - non è mai esistito) di stanza presso la base di Lakehurst, dove una volta approdavano gli Zeppelin civili, aerodromo in buona posizione per difendere la costa est dagli attacchi del Sanger Silbervogel. Il velivolo rappresentato è il “Lucky Linda II” responsabile dell’intercettazione del primo Sanger Amerika Bomber.
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Il secondo trittico riguarda un TVT disarmato utilizzato per prove ad alta velocità dalla NACA e sganciato in quota da un B-36D.
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Il terzo trittico è relativo ad un TVT, molto modificato ed equipaggiato con un motore XLR-099, sganciato da un B-52A ed utilizzato per prove a velocità ipersonica dalla NASA.
My best compliments to Archipeppe … gran bel lavoro. Grazie! 
Non credere, anche ad altri, come il sottoscritto, piacciono infinitamente queste chicche! 
Gran bel lavoro! 
Interessantissimo dalla partenza, con la ricerca storica, la realizzazione delle tavole e relative possibili evoluzioni!
Come mai non utilizzi un po’ di antialiasing sui disegni? 
Bellissimi! 
Peppe…
MERAVIGLIOSI !!!
Sono semplicemente senza parole… Hai fatto un lavoro stupendo.
Non hai mai preso in considerazione di creare un sito SOLO per i tuoi lavori ? Sono fantastici !!!
Salute e Latinum per tutti !
Ottima idea quella del sito, è riduttivo dire che sono capolavori i tuoi disegni
Grazie a tutti per le belle parole.
Per quanto riguarda il sito, il problema è che non ho abbastanza tempo, e pazienza, per gestire un sito internet.
Piuttosto sto sempre pensando di scrivere un libro che affronti in maniera organica, e quanto più esasustiva possibile, il volo spaziale abitato in tutti i suoi aspetti, capsule, spazioplani e stazioni spaziali.
Chissà che un giorno non riesca a scriverlo davvero sfruttando la mole di disegni finora realizzati…
Lo metto già nella mia wish list 
Archi se lo fai davvero ti prenoto le prime 5 copie! Dai su
solo ora rileggo questo post e sono senza parole!!!
Grandissimo Peppe, per il libro le seconde 5 copie sono mie
Una domanda per Peppe: il “master” dei tuoi disegni e’ fatto a china? O direttamente al pc? Perche’ ho visto che sei stato rapidissimo nel produrre tutte queste tavole!
Mon Dieu!!!
E’ fatto al computer, ovviamente.
Se dovessi farli a china e poi colorarli ci metterei una vita a farli.
In realtà utilizzo un programma di grafica vettoriale, il Deneba Canvas 8 (anche se adesso sono arrivati alla release 11) che mi consente di generare rapidamente i disegni che avete modo di apprezzare. Il Canvas è un programma concettualmente simile al Freehand ed in più incorpora molte “features” di Photoshop, il che mi consente di “trattare” le immagini che mi servono da “reference” direttamente sulla tavola da disegno virtuale.
Fantastici Peppe.
E l’archivio continua a crescere!
Mi piacerebbe vederti lavorare con Canvas…
I hope these photos help with your project, and at least provide a little more information on the Tremulis TVT.
First, here’s a clearer photo of the TVT rendering:
… and a closeup of the interceptor with "jeterons”:
Tremulis’ rendering became a part of a bigger campaign when it was featured in several U.S. Army publications:
After the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan, the rendering and models were used in another campaign. This time it had transformed into a “radar-controlled atomic bomb”. This may have helped to escalate the nuclear arms race:
Tremulis’ “Lady in Red” (December 1943) was to be another interceptor that I think was part of a contest in the design of a supersonic jet, which the Bell X1 eventually won:
On a side note, this rendering also shows up on the wall of the Tucker design studio in 1949. That’s Jim Gaylord (1955 Gaylord Gladiator automobile) discussing the Tucker with Tremulis:
In any case, Tremulis gets a lot of credit from Don Ritchie as having created one of the first concepts that was to eventually turn into the Dyna-Soar project, the forebearer of today’s Space Shuttle.
Anyway, I hope this translates well from English. If not, please don’t blame me, it’s Google’s fault…
REALLY NICE FINDING!!
Many many thanks Stramliner!!!
Here’s some more info on the hood ornament that I posted on the Tucker website…
The flying saucer hood ornament has such a rich history behind it. It all started in Roswell, New Mexico on July 7, 1947 (just after the unveiling of the “Tin Goose”). The headlines made it clear that a flying disc had been recovered:
News of the incident did not go unnoticed by Tremulis. Shortly afterwards, he illustrated what is perhaps the first visual incarnation of what a flying saucer could look like in all its glory, streaking towards earth from outer space:
The rendering made it into the Chicago Tribune and it was this version that captured the imaginations of the nation and provided UFO fodder for years to come. Not satisfied with just the spacecraft, Tremulis also illustrated what the aliens may have looked like in this rendering of an alien being interrogated and the alien’s words being translated into human language through a tickertape-type computer:
This was at a time when preparing the Tucker for production was in full swing. There was not a lot of time to devote to UFO ramblings since there was plenty of Tucker work to be done. Then on March 9, 1950, it happened again:
This time more publications picked up on the story and the Tremulis renderings reached an even wider audience.
As a follow-up to his previous renderings, Tremulis put his thoughts to paper on the possibilities of space travel and did it with his usual mix of factoids, anecdotes, aerodynamic philosophies, and his out-of-this-world sense of humor:
With the UFO craze, and the nation captivated by the possibilities that other life forms may exist outside of the confines of Earth, Tremulis and Peter Pagratis teamed up to produce these hood ornaments. They filed for a design patent on January 27, 1951, and it issued on September 4, 1951, as U.S. Design Patent D164,461 (a strange coincidence that the patent number is a palindrome???). Note that Tremulis was now a resident of Ypsilanti, birthplace of the Tucker automobile, as a result of his then-current employment at Kaiser-Frazer:
Look closely at the fine details of the patent illustration and you’ll see that it mirrors Tremulis’ earlier flying saucer rendering.
As far as the hood ornament goes, contracts were written to start production with certain minimums to be met. From what I could gather, these were to be sold aftermarket for about $5.00 each.
Unfortunately, the partnership ended without selling too many of the ornaments.
Apparently, at least through Fortune Manufacturing, there were in excess of 4,000 Flying Saucer Hood Ornaments made between April 15, 1950 and April 15, 1951, but less than the hoped-for 150,000:
The contract was therefore cancelled with Fortune Manufacturing. However, the relationship between Tremulis and Pagratis was not over. Following the termination of the agreement with Fortune, Tremulis went on to design and patent a set of earmuffs in December, 1954 that would have made a nice accessory to wear while driving around with the hood ornament:
I’m not sure whether or not a new agreement was made with another manufacturing company to pursue both designs, but presumably it would have been feasible that more ornaments were manufactured along with the earmuffs. I’ll keep searching…