Blackburn B-49 Flying Boat Project

[hesham]

Hi,

the Blackburn designed the B-49,a 138-ton six engined flying
boat.
http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1945/1945%20-%200719.html

 

[lark]

Re: Blackburn B-49 flying boat

The Clydesman indeed.Nice find...

 

[alertken]

Re: Blackburn B-49 flying boat

10 engined, I think, same as Saro (P.162) SR.45 Princess. Coupled ?RR Tweed -who has the Putnam?

 

[Jemiba]

Re: Blackburn B-49 flying boat

6 x RR RB.39 Clyde engines according to AIR PICTORIAL March 1982.

 

[robunos]

Re: Blackburn B-49 flying boat

the 'Flight' articles also says six engined...

cheers,
Robin.

 

[alertken]

Re: Blackburn B-49 flying boat

corrected, thanks

 

[SlickDriver]

Re: Blackburn B-49 flying boat

Putnam also lists it at 6 engines.

202' span, 148' oa with hull and tail unit like the Sunderland. All up weight 138 tons, cruise 270 mph, with 160 passengers, range 2,500 miles.

 

[hesham]

Re: Blackburn B-49 flying boat

Hi,

http://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19450601/83/2

 

[Stargazer]

Re: Blackburn B-49 flying boat

Neat! The full article now:

 

[hesham]

Re: Blackburn B-49 flying boat

A model for B-49,from the book; British Flying Boats

 

[Schneiderman]

Re: Blackburn B-49 flying boat

You can see the evolution of the Clydesman project from the front-page advertisements that Blackburn had on the cover of Flight through 1944 and 1945. Here are three of them

 

[hesham]

Re: Blackburn B-49 flying boat

Thank you Schneiderman

 

[hesham]

From Ailes 3/1945.

 

[Schneiderman]

and the same in glorious blue

 

[hesham]

and the same in glorious blue

Thanks.

 

[hesham]

From Ailes 11/1948,

here is a Blackburn B-49B,by the way it displayed before by my dear Scott Lowther in
his site.

 

[Schneiderman]

Patent for the B-49B concept here
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=GB&NR=601118A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=19480428&DB=&locale=en_EP#

 

[robunos]

That seems remarkably short-coupled, more a tandem than a canard. I can't help thinking there would be acoustic problems, with the propellers so close to the foreplane trailing edge.

cheers,
Robin.

 

[Schneiderman]

Proximity of the propellers to the canard was the whole point, all explained in the patent

 

[hesham]

Patent for the B-49B concept here
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=GB&NR=601118A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=19480428&DB=&locale=en_EP#

Thanks.