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Category: Cutaway Drawings and Cross-Sections

Cutaway and cross-section drawings of vehicles, weapons, submarines, airplanes, buildings, and more.

  • British RAF Typhoon Fighter Cutaway Drawing, 1944

    RAF Typhoon Fighter Aircraft Cutaway Drawing, 1944
    RAF Typhoon Fighter Aircraft Cutaway Drawing, 1944

     

    The RAF’s Typhoon was termed an “Engine With Wings” by Popular Science because of its 2,200 horsepower, 24 cylinder power plant–a massive engine at the time.

    The Typhoon carried four 20 mm cannon.  With its capacity for carrying two 500 lb. bombs, one under each wing, the Typhoon could be a fighter-bomber as well as a fighter only.

    At a loaded weight of 11,300 lbs., it was fairly heavy compared to its sister, the Hurricane, which weighed in at 7,290 lbs. loaded.

    This cutaway is from Popular Science, August 1944

  • British R.A.F. Mosquito Cutaway Drawing, 1943

    RAF Mosquito Cutaway Drawing, 1943

     

    The R.A.F. Mosquito was a zippy, nimble aircraft, its fuselage built of plywood on a balsa wood core and its wings made of spruce and birch.  Other than mechanical working parts, this made the Mosquito nearly all wood.

    The Mosquito’s crew of two could take the 18,500 lb. craft to relatively low altitudes to whisk into position, drop its load, and whisk away.

    This cutaway drawing was pieced together from a December 1943 issue of Popular Science.

  • Solar Home Cutaway Drawing, 1979

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    This is a circa 1979 cutaway drawing of a solar-heated home in Falmouth, Massachusetts.  That part of Massachusetts has a 6,000 degree heating season, yet owner John Moody was able to get by spending only $9.63 in the 1978 winter.

    The whole winter.

    The house does not have solar panels that generate electricity.  Rather, the house collects solar heat, redistributes it, and saves it.  The pile of rocks (lower center section of cutaway) is one way of absorbing and storing heat.

    The house is located at 5 Fire Tower Road, Falmouth, MA 02540.  Ironically, when I look on Google Street View to see if the house is still around, Fire Tower Road is lined with electric company utility trucks.


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  • Convair B-36 Bomber Cutaway Drawing, 1950

    Cutaway Drawing of Convair B-36 Bomber, 1950

    In 1950, Popular Science issued a cutaway drawing of the most exciting object to grace the skies to that point:  Convair’s B-36 Bomber.  At that time, it was the world’s biggest bomber.

    Its 13 man crew could ride at altitudes as high as 50,000 feet, the magazine noted.

    Here is a closeup of the cockpit area:

    My favorite part of the B-36 is its pressurized 87 foot-long tunnel that allowed crew members to shuttled from one end of the craft to the other.  They laid on a four-wheeled cart and pulled themselves along by cable.

    B-36 Bomber Communications Tunnel

  • Cutaway of Admiral Byrd’s Antarctic Snow Cruiser, 1939

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    In an issue of LIFE magazine from October 30, 1939 that I have is a great cutaway drawing of Admiral Byrd’s snow cruiser.  Admiral Byrd was a naval officer who was the first person to reach the North and South Poles by air.

    At 55 feet 8 inches long and 16 feet high, Byrd’s Snow Cruiser was intended to ply the snowy wastes of Antarctica at 30 mph max.  Snow crevasses would be surmounted by retracting the massive Goodyear front tires, sliding the front over the crevasse as if the cruiser were a sled (back wheels pushing).  Once the front was fully across, the back tires would retract and the front tires would pull the cruiser ahead.

     

    Above, detail of cutaway of Byrd’s Snow Cruiser, showing operating room, engine room, and chart room.

    Above, mounting snow chains to the approximately 10 foot diameter Goodyear tires.

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