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The reason I raised the Type 558 reheat question was that I had been assuming that it had reheat on the basis that the 556 had it and the 558 was given a significantly larger wing, one assumes for high altitude, thus making reheat desirable if not essential. However I can not confirm this anywhere.I agree with you regarding the Type 556 radar, I see no reason why it would not be AI.18 given that the aircraft was built to a modified version of the original Sea Vixen requirement. Not to mention the deliberately widened nose and two seat configuration.The curious thing about the 558 is that we dont really know if it was just a Scimitar with a bigger wing (kind of like the Hawker 1083) or whether it was an after-burning thin winged sound barrier busting beast?
The reason I raised the Type 558 reheat question was that I had been assuming that it had reheat on the basis that the 556 had it and the 558 was given a significantly larger wing, one assumes for high altitude, thus making reheat desirable if not essential. However I can not confirm this anywhere.
I agree with you regarding the Type 556 radar, I see no reason why it would not be AI.18 given that the aircraft was built to a modified version of the original Sea Vixen requirement. Not to mention the deliberately widened nose and two seat configuration.
The curious thing about the 558 is that we dont really know if it was just a Scimitar with a bigger wing (kind of like the Hawker 1083) or whether it was an after-burning thin winged sound barrier busting beast?
