Seaplane Jetfighters

Hi,

was that a SARO P.122 ?.

https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1946/1946%20-%201280.html
 

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Well it is just a model but it does not feature the revised wing, cockpit or rear step that were a feature of the initial version of the P.122. Also this is a report from Farnborough 1946, a year before the SR.A1 flew and a couple of years before the P.122 project.
 
Schneiderman said:
Well it is just a model but it does not feature the revised wing, cockpit or rear step that were a feature of the initial version of the P.122. Also this is a report from Farnborough 1946, a year before the SR.A1 flew and a couple of years before the P.122 project.

OK,and thank you Schneiderman.
 
From; Авиация и Время 2017-02,

a nice pictures to Convair F2Y.
 

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The project of the Soviet seaplane jetfighter, late 50s. Speed with the engine AL-9 - up to 1700 km / h. Flight range - 2000-2100 km. Armament - a pair of 23 mm cannons and two air-to-air missiles.

Source: https://afirsov.livejournal.com/397536.html
 

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Oh my God,amazing find YouROKer,

and they were from TsAGI .
 
From Ali Nuove 3/1953,

the Convair Betta.
 

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hesham said:
the Douglas Skyrocket model with hydro-ski-equipped and a ski-plane
fighter by Mr. Henry Knowler.
http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1952/1952%20-%203459.html

From Ailes 4/1952.
 

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About one thing i am sure : the ending of seaplane fighters and jetfighters must be researched in primary role of carriers during and after wwii !
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Seaplanes were developed primarily to compensate for a shortage of runways. All the concrete runways built during WW2 rendered seaplanes pretty much obsolete after the war.
Also consider that seaplane empty weight is usually double that of landplanes flying the same mission. That huge hull takes a beating landing on any but the calmest water. Water impact forces limit most seaplane operations to calm inland waters.
The best way to limit water impact loads is limiting touch-down speed, but that requires a huge STOL wing and STOL wings are too big for supersonic flight.
 
From Ailes 11/4/1953.
 

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From; Авиация и Время 2017-02,

a nice pictures to Convair F2Y.

Did Convair ever solve problems with pounding in large waves?
Which ski configuration worked better: one ski or two?
 
'Sensitivity to sea-state' would seem the critical weakness, conversely a 'displacement' hull shape is ill-suited to high sub-Mach speed, never mind beyond...

{ Warily side-stepping hypersonic 'lifting body' issues, despite some superficial similarities due convergent CFD solutions... ;-) }

IIRC, there are precious-few modern designs, none 'fast', and larger models only used for island hopping, 'water bombing' and coastguard / marine patrol stuff. Is the big Beriev the only sizeable pure-jet ? I don't remember any of the Russian surface-effect Ekranoplan designs suiting 'fighter' applications. Then again, some Ekranoplans surely approached size which could carry 'parasite' V/STOL fighters. Fitting such with a 'ski' against contingencies may appeal, but probably safer and lighter to eject entire cockpit as off-shore survival pod...
 

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From; Авиация и Время 2017-02,

a nice pictures to Convair F2Y.

Did Convair ever solve problems with pounding in large waves?
Which ski configuration worked better: one ski or two?
They found the single ski was better, as there was less vibration. But it still took a pounding, depending on sea state.
 
Curtiss P-565 Seaplane Night Fighter proposal, I believe for OS-116.
Interestingly, it was designed to operate from water, and also have
a quick change ski package for snow and ice operations.
Here are a few bits 'n pieces from NARA II
 

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Curtiss P-565 Seaplane Night Fighter proposal, here is the manufacturing
breakdown for those you, like me, that enjoy such drawings.
 

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First image is the proposed armament of the AN/APG-26 Gun Laying Radar with four 20mm cannons with 200 rounds of ammunition each.
The second image shows the skis for snow and ice operation.
Finally the cockpit arrangement.
 

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There was also a Vee-Tail version of the Bureau of Aeronautics' DR 56 NACA Tank Model 248
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930086549_1993086549.pdf

P.S. My mistake the model you are showing is TANK Model 280 NOT Model 248 got sucked in by the similarity in Hull and Wing Configuration between Model 248 & 280
I believe that this model is in the collection of the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, if not still on display. I took some photos of it (recognizing just how odd of a design it was) when I visited back in 2016 but haven't posted them, knowing nothing of the type until now.
Curious to know more about this BuAer DR 56 design, as BuAer seems to considered a lot of fairly obscure and interesting designs.
 

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When Allies decided to counterattack in the Pacific, with insufficient number of aircraft carriers, they had to face the fact that airborne operations depended on the availability of landing strips and that most of them –along with the islands where others might be built- where in Japanese hands. It proved to be very costly in lives and resources to occupy them.


Circumstances demanded the use of any type of floatplanes and flying boats that the Allied had in great numbers. Main problem was the absence of shore-based floatplane fighters able to protect them and to provide the necessary air support for their amphibious forces.

The main disadvantage came from the way in which the bulk of their floats penalised their performance compared with the conventional Japanese fighters.


Americans performed some testing with a float equipped F4F-3S Wildcat at the beginning of 1943 but they renounced to use it in combat due to its low performances.


The British updated the old idea of a floatplane Spitfire, developed during the Norwegian campaign, and they modified a Mk. IX (MJ892) that during testing proved to have superior maximum speed and manoeuvrability compared to the enemy floatplane fighters Mitsubishi A6M2-N and Kawanishi N1K1, but the whole scheme was abandoned early in 1944.


By 1943 turbojets were available and other manufacturers proposed jet fighters with a low-drag flying boat hull not requiring water clearance for a propeller.

Jet power would be able to provide the Allies with a water-based fighter of superior performance against the Japanese piston-engine types.


The Airspeed firm suggested to the Admiralty the transformation of the radio-controlled flying-boat target aircraft AS-37 into a scaled-up jet fighter, powered by one de Havilland Halford H.1 centrifugal-flow turbojet with 1,225 kgf static thrust in the forward area of the hull with the air intake positioned in the extreme nose.


Technical data

Wingspan: 32.5 ft (9.93 m), length: 30 ft (9.14 m), height: 5.9 ft (1.8 m), wing area: 187 sq. ft (17 sq. m), proposed armament: four 4.5 in (11.5 cm) recoilless cannons

In December 1943 the Saunders-Roe firm presented their SR.44 project to the Ministry of Aircraft Production. The original design, with low-set gull-wing configuration and Halford turbojet, was modified to meet the E.6/44 specification and three prototypes, powered by two Metrovick Beryl F2/4 axial-flow turbojets, were ordered in April 1944 under the denomination SR/A-1.


By 1945 the Americans were able to build enough aircraft carriers to support air operations in the Pacific, official interest in the SR/A-1 waned and their development stayed at low priority.

With the end of the war Saunders-Roe concentrating its resources in the development of the SR.45 Princess long range civilian flying boat.

The SR/A-1prototype (TG263) flew on July 16, 1947 but the project was suspended on August 1949 after the cancellation of the Beryl turbojet.


Technical data

Wingspan: 46 ft (14 m), length: 50 ft (15.2 m), height: 16 ft 9 in (5.1 m), wing area: 415 sq. ft (37.3 sq. m), max speed: 512 mph (824 km/h), max weight: 19,033 lb (8,622 kg), ceiling: 43,000 ft (13,100 m), proposed armament: four 20 mm Hispano Mk V cannons with 760 rounds each, power plant: two Metropolitan-Vickers Beryl F.2/4 axial-flow turbojets with 1,463 kgf static thrust.
 

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Earlier designs were for a twin seat, radar equipped night fighter, shifting later to the single seat
interceptor, which was ultimately built in the form of the XF2Y Sea Dart.
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An interesting feature is the nose armament, which consisted of a turret, which
formed the nose cone, probably containing two guns, besides a small radar antenna. Two
additional guns were placed in the wing roots. A spray dam, probably retractable, is fitted
to the bow.

(Cut-away from Treadwell “Strike from beneath the Sea”)
Yes... its been 16 years, but I hadn't seen this.

That turret looks a lot like the one tested in a Grumman F9F-2 Panther:


Grumman F9F Panther  Emerson Turret Page 1.jpg


Grumman F9F Panther  Emerson Turret Page 2.jpg


X-17A Gunsight web.jpg
 
In the late 1940s, Ed Heinemann at the El Segundo Division of Douglas Aircraft Company was contacted by an engineer at the US Office of Naval Research in Washington DC to develop a jet aircraft that could be operated from a submarine. His design team looked at developing a fighter that could utilize the hanger for the Regulus missile in US Navy submarines.

Attached illustration of aircraft design concepts using the Regulus missile hanger by Ed Heinemann. Concept labeled "1" in the drawing is Douglas Model 640.

Drawing by Ed Heinemann of Douglas Model 640.
Makes sense, Regulus, especially Regulus II, was already the size of a small fighter...


Seaplanes were developed primarily to compensate for a shortage of runways. All the concrete runways built during WW2 rendered seaplanes pretty much obsolete after the war.
Also consider that seaplane empty weight is usually double that of landplanes flying the same mission. That huge hull takes a beating landing on any but the calmest water. Water impact forces limit most seaplane operations to calm inland waters.
The best way to limit water impact loads is limiting touch-down speed, but that requires a huge STOL wing and STOL wings are too big for supersonic flight.
I wonder if supercritical wings with high lift devices could give good STOL as well as supersonic performance? Crank the sweep back another 10-15deg to 42-47deg, use drooping ailerons, big leading edge slats, triple flaps...
 

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From Naval Aviation News 1952.
 

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