I think it was Zoe who warned us it was out there, but I could not find her thread. It appeared in the book German G-Type Bombers of WWI by Jack Herris. Just a few photos exist of the two G.VI's converted but they are cool . . .
The idea was to add an engine to the fuselage nose, move the nose gunner over the engine nacelle on the right and move the fuselage over to balance the thrust forces, making a pusher/tractor arrangement, eliminating the drag of the left engine nacelle. It kinda worked, but only two were attempted and the results were not a good as hoped. The first version used a short wing set and the second a full length wing configuration. I took a standard Gotha and did some "Clippin" as I am known for . . .
Nose of the fuselage was cut off on the local bandsaw, the freed nacelle trimmed and the rear becomes the new fuselage nose with some cutting and fitting and filling
While that set up a hunk of the bottom wing is filled in where the fuselage used to be . . .
The clipped off fuselage nose was glued to the remaining engine nacelle and filled with a bit of putty. Now we wait for things to heal before the grinding begins!
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