{"id":607,"date":"2016-08-23T18:24:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T22:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zrsthemovie.com\/?page_id=607"},"modified":"2021-11-26T17:52:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T22:52:34","slug":"zrcv-hook-on-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/zrsthemovie.com\/?page_id=607","title":{"rendered":"Hook-on Planes for ZRCV (and ZRS The Movie)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the F9C-2 was not created\u00a0for, but rather adapted<\/em> to the role, the hook-on pilots longed for an airship-optimized design that would harness the the airship carrier & planes’\u00a0unique capabilities. BuAer was working on just the thing, rolling out Design #124 only a few months after Akron<\/em> went down. #124\u00a0reflected not only \"124-3improved materials and techniques\u00a0for its day, the trend moving away from bi-planes of wood framework toward stress-skinned monoplanes. #124 was even more radical, with a more difficult-to- manufacture elliptical wing.<\/p>\n

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Instead of just adapting an existing fighter, Bureau of Aeronautics Design No. 124\u00a0 (above) was a flying-carrier airplane, period. If we could build specialized airplanes designed to work aboard flat-top ships, why not an airship-carrier optimized design? As we have shown, several officers realized in 1933 (not \u201835 has had been suggested) the airship\u2019s planes should do the scouting, never allowing the high-value airship itself to make eyeball to eyeball contact with the vanguard of the enemy fleet. So, building on the ZRS program experience to date, BuAer LTA genius C.P. Burgess rolled out his nine Mil cuft ZRCV<\/a> design which easily carried nine of the #124 designs.<\/p>\n

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Press > for a short video about how the hook-on planes would have evolved, or continue reading for more details.<\/p>\n