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One thing for sure it would not have had the 10 Brownings had it gone ahead, that sort of armament had already been rejected for the Whirlwind and was only proposed in 1938 to 40 in case cannon armament proved too problematical, by 41 that wasn't the case. For some years previously machine gun calibre armament was already considered inadequate for the speed of attack then envisaged ie 350 to 400mph, so for a 500mph fighter it would have been barely of any worth at all. So some sort of cannon armament would have been used, one presumes something similar to the Whirlwind in fact. However I cant really imagine what, as I think you are asking it would have been with no pod at all so I wonder if the pod was being proposed as an interchangable armament concept with the Brownings as the base offering and other roles for an unarmed version.As for project date, because of the above and the fact that by mid 41 there was really no interest in new piston engined fighters I suspect that this is more late 40 or very early 41, though it might be interesting to know if this was being proposed as a back up option against German jets should they become operational earlier than they did and British jets were further delayed.
One thing for sure it would not have had the 10 Brownings had it gone ahead, that sort of armament had already been rejected for the Whirlwind and was only proposed in 1938 to 40 in case cannon armament proved too problematical, by 41 that wasn't the case. For some years previously machine gun calibre armament was already considered inadequate for the speed of attack then envisaged ie 350 to 400mph, so for a 500mph fighter it would have been barely of any worth at all. So some sort of cannon armament would have been used, one presumes something similar to the Whirlwind in fact. However I cant really imagine what, as I think you are asking it would have been with no pod at all so I wonder if the pod was being proposed as an interchangable armament concept with the Brownings as the base offering and other roles for an unarmed version.
As for project date, because of the above and the fact that by mid 41 there was really no interest in new piston engined fighters I suspect that this is more late 40 or very early 41, though it might be interesting to know if this was being proposed as a back up option against German jets should they become operational earlier than they did and British jets were further delayed.
