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Design for the Raiders Flying Wing [img]

indygear.com — Original concept sketch by Ron Cobb and Norman Reynolds for the Nazi flying wing in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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  • captainLAGER, on 04/28/2008, -13/+3Whats the context?! German Wunderwaffe?
  • MykeXX, on 04/28/2008, -14/+3I'm confused.
    • rspeed, on 04/28/2008, -0/+2What? How? It's an early design for the freaking cargo plane from Raiders of the Lost Ark. What's there to get?
  • litfsh, on 04/28/2008, -1/+36Crazy Germans and their crazy 'flying machines'. Next thing you know, they'll be trying to take over the world.
  • tubaros, on 04/28/2008, -18/+1wow its a drawing of a plane.

    im assuming thats from the new indy film? if so...erm....wow?
    • Rheic, on 04/28/2008, -0/+12It clearly says it's from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  • mrtracy, on 04/28/2008, -2/+6I want one.
  • SHuisman, on 04/28/2008, -1/+17Downward winglets......are they crazy?
    • Steinr, on 04/28/2008, -0/+7yes they are!
    • duniyadnd, on 04/28/2008, -0/+2Maybe it's just to save space while parked??
    • cjh24, on 04/28/2008, -0/+2They appear to be hinged; I s'pos it's for some sort of variable vortexy effect thing... They'll do corkscrews a lot to show off how "surpreme" George Lucas and Steven Speilberg are at that sort of thing.
    • mercano, on 04/28/2008, -0/+3They look adjustable; probably taken from the XB-70. I believe the story behind them was that in order to deal with the fact that the center of lift of a delta wing moves around as you change speeds, they just changed the surface area of the wings to compensate.
      • rspeed, on 04/28/2008, -0/+1I was about to say, the XB-70 had them… but that was to create a cushion of air to ride on at supersonic speeds, so I'm not sure what the point would be here.
        Oh yeah, to look cool.
  • 3rdDay, on 04/28/2008, -4/+1I remember seeing something like this in the brochure thingy* that came out with the original RofLA. Why frontpage?
    *Buy them at cinemas when the films on. You know. Can't remember the name of the damn things.
  • mmoaddict, on 04/28/2008, -1/+9I'm assuming this is the plane that turned that big angry German guy into tomato soup. mmm.
    • bosssmiley, on 04/28/2008, -1/+9"Danger! Do not attempt to stop rotors with face or genitals."
  • error2k2, on 04/28/2008, -3/+18needs more swastika
  • cbdgr, on 04/28/2008, -6/+33Thumbnail looks like a pare of underwear
    • wharlie, on 04/28/2008, -1/+4With a few stains
    • Thundercat1971, on 04/28/2008, -1/+9"pare of underwear"

      Me fail English? That's unpossible!
  • Steinr, on 04/28/2008, -2/+1I am sure he had some star wars sketches to use for inspiration.
  • PassinGass, on 04/28/2008, -9/+7My first thought upon reading the title was Raider? You mean Cylon Raider? Somewhat disappointed...
  • theferno, on 04/28/2008, -7/+2In Soviet Russia plane flies yo.. ah never mind
  • benroy, on 04/28/2008, -0/+3That guy in the top picture should get the hell out of the way.
    We all know what happens if you get too close to those propellers.
  • edd17, on 04/28/2008, -0/+12The real thing:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_Ho_229
    • Abomonog, on 04/28/2008, -0/+3I was going to say that the plane was based on a real Nazi design. I'm glad you came up with a photo of a real working model.

      For those confused. It's the Nazi plane that was blown up in Raiders of the Lost Ark. The movie plane was based on a real Nazi design that never made it into production because of stability issues.
    • 0biKwiet, on 04/28/2008, -0/+1The only similarity is that they are both wings. The Ho-229 is closer to a B2 than this.
  • EpicSelekta, on 04/28/2008, -1/+3Move along people, it's just a weather balloon, nothing to see here.
    • Abomonog, on 04/28/2008, -1/+1Wait! Whats that green thing coming out of that balloon! :)
  • Abomonog, on 04/28/2008, -3/+4It's a pre-jet age Klingon Bird of Prey.


    This comment is going to burn in hell. I just know it.
  • Observer001, on 04/28/2008, -4/+1Hm. It's interesting, but is it /k/ or /m/?
  • chromerium, on 04/28/2008, -0/+1How was the ark going to fit inside that thing? Doesn't look like it has any storage ..
    • veloscaper, on 04/28/2008, -0/+3under right wing, near center of plane. its in the pic
  • br00n0, on 04/28/2008, -0/+0For more great Luftwaffe WWII prototypes: http://www.luft46.com
    We can clearly see where the movie designers got their "inspiration"...
  • DigitalQuartz, on 04/28/2008, -1/+3Hey! How about some context?
    http://www.indygear.com/props/planes.shtml
    This is the plane from the movie "Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark".
  • Thundercat1971, on 04/28/2008, -0/+4It could be just me, but I don't remember the one in the movie having a center prop.
  • gordonp, on 04/28/2008, -0/+5Anyone ever see the goofy version at MGM Studios?
    http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1964/DSC00815.jpg
    • djAnakin, on 04/28/2008, -0/+2Ha. Goofy is the perfect word for that.
  • agentlotek, on 04/28/2008, -2/+0I just watched Raiders last night...so imagine my surprise when I see this ***** on digg no less then 6 hours later....awesome!
  • djAnakin, on 04/28/2008, -0/+1I've always been curious to know if that thing would even fly.
  • moonadre, on 04/28/2008, -1/+0How appropriate I am watching Raiders right now with the RIfftrax.
  • diggduggDOOM, on 04/28/2008, -0/+0Well... OK, but I like the Raiders' old logo better.
  • kero552, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1Looks a lot like Arado 555.
    http://www.luft46.com/arado/are555s.html
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