Turbo Prop Oceanic Research Plane Idea

[Mossie]

I've got most of the pieces collected to build one, I wanted to do it with the Nomads but I've not been able to find a photo of the test aircraft which had them mounted on the wings so I can see what the nacelle looked like.  I've seen all the ones of the Lanc with it stuck in the nose though, but I don't think that was the nacelle shape.

It's either that or go with the R-3350 version.

I've found a pic on this site that shows the Nomad installed on the Shack, unfortunately without it's fairing.  It's a small pic, but you can make out an oval engine mounting.
http://www.startline.org.uk/slol73/Napier/napier.htm

Couple that with this Napier ad with a basic outline for two different mounting types (both seem to show a cooling inlet):
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1954/1954%20-%200139.html?search=nomad

Then add in the shape of the chin and ring fairing for the prop on the Lincoln testbed...
http://www.prints-online.com/napier_nomad_engine_installed_in_avro_lincoln/print/5084980.html
http://www.pbase.com/marauder61/image/45263339

... and you get a rough idea of what a fairing might look like.  Nothing concrete, but it gives you something to work with.

[kitnut617]

When you look at it the cowling probably wasn't much different to the Griffon cowling with the annular radiator, I notice that the Lincoln test bed has the radiator mounted further back in the bomb bay.  But then having said that I think the radiators are more than likely to be set Mosquito style in between the engines like in the MR.4 3-View, which is where I got the idea to do this with my Nottingham.



This is supposed to be powered by the RR Eagle H24 cylinder engine, the arrangement could very well work for the Nomad too -----