Scott Kenny
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My thoughts exactly!Reminds me very much of the new P-X!
My thoughts exactly!Reminds me very much of the new P-X!
But the 727 was one of the quietest cabins of all the airliners, the compressor whine was easily damped out...From Aviation Week 1977 1-9 a Boeing derivative of the 727, still 3 engined, but
with the tail side mounted engines moved to pods under the wings. Any explanation
why ? Lower noise level in the cabin, for a better acoustic environment ? ???
Is that 6x Maverick and 6x Harpoon, all carried externally?!?Was discovered in lot of Lockheed photos I've obtained recently. Think that would look nice here.
Is that 6x Maverick and 6x Harpoon, all carried externally?!?
...Still you should understand that this is nothing more than artist's imagination, and not a real Lockheed proposal
Gordon Phillips' artwork comes up a lot in Air Force and Space Digest articles. Anyone know if he was a USAF artist?
I'd want different engines for that, but the general layout is definitely usable for ASW.I would think a 727's back ramp would have lent itself best to ASW.
Slide a package out DB Cooper style.
When Boeing 727s proved too loud for newer noise-abatement laws, there were a couple of proposals to re-engine them with fan jets. The complex ducting prevented replacing the center engine.I'd want different engines for that, but the general layout is definitely usable for ASW.
And that was after they'd been re-engined once already with quieter engines that had a mixing area surrounded with noise absorbers after the turbines.When Boeing 727s proved too loud for newer noise-abatement laws, there were a couple of proposals to re-engine them with fan jets. The complex ducting prevented replacing the center engine.
At least one proposal suggested replacing side engines with large-diameter fan jets.
When Boeing 727s proved too loud for newer noise-abatement laws, there were a couple of proposals to re-engine them with fan jets. The complex ducting prevented replacing the center engine.
At least one proposal suggested replacing side engines with large-diameter fan jets.
I never saw those, place I worked at took care of FedEx and Northwest Airlines 727s (among lots and lots of others). And I'm not sure that was a particularly good swap, the JT8D-200 series engines used in the hush kits had significantly more power.The Dee Howard Tay re-engining addressed that by increasing the cross-section of the fore and aft duct sections, but with a constrained intermediate section to accelerate the airflow.
If they're turning it into an MPA, then the Magnetic anomaly detector gear gets installed in place of the 3rd engine, with sonobuoys in place of the rear airstairs.With two larger fuselage mount nacelles...might the hollow tail for the missing third engine have some type of optics package or something?
An airborne laser really needs that position instead of hacking at the nose as with the 747.
The 727 is quite agile for its size...it really needs some military application. Canards in the nose?
I was fortunate enough to have ridden in one and it was a real joy---as opposed to other tri-jets that rode like trucks.
YesMaritime patrol version mainly for environmental surveillance, I assume? The Microwave radiometer suggests weather applications.
波音公司和加拿大德哈維蘭公司共同提出的 Dash 8 ASW 提案。不幸的是,我無法找到更多資訊。
資料來源:Flight International,1986 年 9 月 13 日,第 4028 期。
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