Is it just me or do you feel like slapping the designers of HSA and telling then to loose the ______ing V in V/STOL ?Joint Study - Fixed wing Bi-Service aircraft.Fixed high aspect ratio wing with twin deflected thrust main engines plus additional lift boost engines.
I wonder if that project was one that Dave Williams worked on when he was at Hatfield. Its got an Addax-S vibe to it...From the Hatfield Future Projects Newsletters No.24, April 1988
1969: HS138/145 VTOL Fan Lift W.S.R (Wide Speed Range) projects...
"The HS138 is an aircraft designed to the draft specification for a "Wide Speed Range Aircraft". It is intended to combine the high speed attack capabilities of the high speed strike aircraft with the low speed search and strike potential of the battlefield helicopter. The HS145 is an 8-seat executive aircraft using the same lift fan and outer wing geometry as the HS138. They each employ four RB.202-25 lift fans at the same rating as used in the HS141 VTOL airliner (i.e. 10,900 lb. SLST)and two propulsion engines with full thrust deflection. One means of achieving the desired degree of commonality is shown by the configuration represented
The specified mission with a crew of two and a 2000 lb weapon load (Carried out and back) is over a radius of 115 nm. at sea level under ISA 15°C temperature conditions at 575 mph EAS. At mid point, a search at a speed not exceeding 60 mph EAS is carried out for 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes at maximum speed."
Zeb
Hi guys, first comment here. Just wanted to add a little anecdote. My late grandma used to work for Hawker Siddeley at Lostock in Bolton.
Whilst even 30 years on she couldn't tell me too much (various Non disclosure forms etc etc), and she never did tell me exactly what she did, I do know that she worked on both hydraulic and electrical systems for both HS aircraft designs and missile systems.
She fell in love with the Harrier (who wouldn't?) and I distinctly remember as a child, her telling me that they had been working on systems for a supersonic development and compatible weapons systems.
Although she mainly worked on seaborne and landlaunched missile systems, she said that working on this project was the most fun she'd had and that she was very disappointed when it suddenly got thrown away.
Sorry if this doesn't add much, just wanted to share in her memory
Torchwood1997 welcome to the mad world of what-if.Hi guys, first comment here. Just wanted to add a little anecdote. My late grandma used to work for Hawker Siddeley at Lostock in Bolton.
Whilst even 30 years on she couldn't tell me too much (various Non disclosure forms etc etc), and she never did tell me exactly what she did, I do know that she worked on both hydraulic and electrical systems for both HS aircraft designs and missile systems.
She fell in love with the Harrier (who wouldn't?) and I distinctly remember as a child, her telling me that they had been working on systems for a supersonic development and compatible weapons systems.
Although she mainly worked on seaborne and landlaunched missile systems, she said that working on this project was the most fun she'd had and that she was very disappointed when it suddenly got thrown away.
Sorry if this doesn't add much, just wanted to share in her memory
The STOL design looks like Brough's P.146.Some Hawker Siddeley STOL projects. From IDR 1970-03.
Turbines will run just fine on AvGas. Or even on auto gas, just need the Fuel Controller "tuned" for it.Why would someone propose using jet lift engines, yet keep the main propulsion a radial piston engine? You would need to carry two types of fuel. Why not just convert the main propulsion to a turboprop and then it could all use JP-4. Curious.
That is a fascinating idea, basically a fixed wing aircraft that can do attack helicopter work...From the Hatfield Future Projects Newsletters No.24, April 1988
1969: HS138/145 VTOL Fan Lift W.S.R (Wide Speed Range) projects...
"The HS138 is an aircraft designed to the draft specification for a "Wide Speed Range Aircraft". It is intended to combine the high speed attack capabilities of the high speed strike aircraft with the low speed search and strike potential of the battlefield helicopter. The HS145 is an 8-seat executive aircraft using the same lift fan and outer wing geometry as the HS138. They each employ four RB.202-25 lift fans at the same rating as used in the HS141 VTOL airliner (i.e. 10,900 lb. SLST)and two propulsion engines with full thrust deflection. One means of achieving the desired degree of commonality is shown by the configuration represented
The specified mission with a crew of two and a 2000 lb weapon load (Carried out and back) is over a radius of 115 nm. at sea level under ISA 15°C temperature conditions at 575 mph EAS. At mid point, a search at a speed not exceeding 60 mph EAS is carried out for 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes at maximum speed."
Zeb
There's at least one gas turbine that runs on pulverised peat. Damn things will burn almost anything if they're set up right.Turbines will run just fine on AvGas. Or even on auto gas, just need the Fuel Controller "tuned" for it.
just needs to be a fine enough powder to flow like a liquid.There's at least one gas turbine that runs on pulverised peat. Damn things will burn almost anything if they're set up right.
Hi,
the Hawker Siddeley Aviation and its engineers created a nice VTOL
100-passenger airliner projects in 1969,most of them were unknown.
http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1969/1969 - 2138.html
Sorry, but does anyone have a drawing or artist impression of the Hawker P.1170?
Regards
Pioneer
You know it just hit me looking at the data. TO run of 750ft.....for both fixed blown wing design and VG design.Some Hawker Siddeley STOL projects. From IDR 1970-03.