M197 Cobra Gatling gun
Sharing my deep fascination with helicopter weaponry, especially the Cobra's M197 Gatling Gun. To me, this gun has the greatest potential to come alive as a scale model, primarily due to its rotating barrels. I have designed and built many versions and sizes of this gun for different customers over the years, for 1/6 Len Mount and Alterbaum, 1/7 Vario and 1/9 Roban, static and animated. The latest version is a fully auto-run, multimedia experience featuring motion, sound and smoke. Here are all the different gun and TSU variations.
Edited: I've just added the final completed version of the gun and TSU.















5 Comments
This is good stuff, Patrick. The community needs more of this! Plus, the half Cobra looks like a pissed off grasshopper.
It's a 3d printed approximation of the Roban Whiskey Cobra, I may print the canopy later to make it look less pissed off😄
Amazing ! It doesn't get more real than this.
Thanks Danny. When I first started the Len Mount Cobra 15 years ago, my inability to replicate the highly complex and exposed m197 gun stalled the project for a decade.
https://scalehelipilot.com/discussions/071983be-ef11-4b2d-bc5f-30a8...
I’m in Awe…Outstanding!👍