I was also suggesting that the side view of the top image in Reply #11 might be a good place to start, but I understand why you want a proper drawing.
I'm trying to remember where I've seen these double and triple fuselage drawings before, I'm sure there was a side view in them which is why I...
Chris,
Derek Wood's Project Cancelled (2nd Edition) shows a good 3-View of the Double-Decker on page 227, and on page 228, a very detailed cross-section through the fuselage.
Robert
The Griffon engine was in it's infancy back then too (it was based on the Schneider race engine), as the MB fighters were all designed around a larger engine than the Merlin, this would be a better candidate for your idea.
A similar 3-View layout appears in BSP -Jet Bombers since 1949, page 33 along with a fairly lengthy paragraph about it.
Your 3-View appears to be an adaption of what is shown in the book. The caption says it's part of the M J F Bowyer Collection
There are a number of Hawker designs which had similar air intake designs as the X-32 (P.1214, P.1216 are the most known designs), does anyone know if they had any influence of the X-32 ?
My build so far of it --
I had been in contact with Mike Meehan some years ago, and 90% of my information on the subject comes from him. Unfortunately he has since died ---
Bottom picture is what appears in the book
This came about because of these real proposal projects, I figured they'd need a 'proof-of-concept' prototype first. What better than to use the venerable Canberra but then one thing led to another -----
A short while ago, I picked up an Esci 1/72 PV-22A kit which looks just like that, has an open bay for the dipping sonar and those odd looking torpedoes and the optical sight
When I attended the 2013 Yuma Airshow in March, I was talking to a pilot who was in the compound where a F-35B was displayed. He said there were three F-35B's at Yuma then, with a fourth one arriving within a few weeks after the show.
It wasn't a P-51B that Rolls Royce used, it was some 'surplus to requirements' Mustang Mk.1's ( the Allison engine variant) that were assigned to the project. The Rolls Royce Heritage Trust has a book on it called 'Rolls Royce and the Mustang' written by David Birch who is also the Official...
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