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Sure, but IIUC the Super 200 was Vickers attempt at getting the most paying passengers from the overly powerful engine and highly efficient wing combo. That a design originally slated to have 151 seats could be stretched to accommodate 212 seat shows how overbuilt the original was, however in my mind getting the full stretch would right-size the basic design for commercial operation. Granted this is the tail wagging the dog; reverse engineering an overbuilt hot-and-high aircraft into an economical airliner, but who cares how you get there is the result is satisfactory.In contrast the BAC 1-11 sold well (in European terms) even on the US market, presumably because it was designed around what BAC thought would sell rather than niche BOAC requirements.As for the Trident, I don't know if it was overbuilt as much as underpowered as a result of the Spey downsize then re-growth and would have been fine with Medways.
Sure, but IIUC the Super 200 was Vickers attempt at getting the most paying passengers from the overly powerful engine and highly efficient wing combo. That a design originally slated to have 151 seats could be stretched to accommodate 212 seat shows how overbuilt the original was, however in my mind getting the full stretch would right-size the basic design for commercial operation. Granted this is the tail wagging the dog; reverse engineering an overbuilt hot-and-high aircraft into an economical airliner, but who cares how you get there is the result is satisfactory.
In contrast the BAC 1-11 sold well (in European terms) even on the US market, presumably because it was designed around what BAC thought would sell rather than niche BOAC requirements.
As for the Trident, I don't know if it was overbuilt as much as underpowered as a result of the Spey downsize then re-growth and would have been fine with Medways.
