Cobra Vulture by SnakeEyes397

Last crawled date: 3 years, 1 month ago

In the G.I.Joe cartoon, Cobra used an air transport that was known by a few names, including "The Vulture" or "The Chrysopelea" (i.e. "The Flying Snake"). A toy version of this plane was never created, so this is my attempt at modelling it.
This is a “non-commercial” file for free download to print for personal use only. GI Joe and Cobra are all property of Hasbro.
Special Thanks to James A McCulley at Rusted Gear Art & Cosplay www.Facebook.com/rustgearart/
This version of The Vulture is based on his amazing cross section drawings.
This is a scale replica of The Cobra Vulture. The model is designed so that it can be adjusted to fit any scale army.
This thing is intended to be HUGE. At it's current scale, it will fit at least 4 HISS tanks in the cargo bay. These files are scaled to be 20% of the actual toy scale. Print at 500% to match existing 3 3/4" toys. (Note - A 500% print would be over 7 feet long, around the length of a USS FLAGG)
Even that scale pales in comparison to the original design. Upscaling to 130% would allow for two rows of HISS tanks for a total of at least 10 tanks. (This would be 650% scaling to reach toy size)
Included in the files is a "TEST Cross Section", which can be printed to help determine the correct scaling.
4/17 Update - Corrected Tail Section
The files required to build are:
Cobra Vulture Cockpit
Cobra Vulture Hood
Cobra Vulture Lower Air Frame
Cobra Vulture Upper Air Frame
Cobra Vulture Tail Section New (Updated)
Cobra Vulture Tail Fin
Cobra Vulture Tail Wing
Cobra Vulture Left Gate
Cobra Vulture Right Gate
Cobra Vulture Left Engine
Cobra Vulture Right Engine
Cobra Vulture Left Wing
Cobra Vulture Right Wing
Cobra Vulture Front Landing Gear
Cobra Vulture Rear Landing Gear (x2)
Cobra Vulture Ramp