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A Couple Of Pics For The Vtol Crew

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February 09, 2007, 05:27:30 PM Last Edit: April 18, 2011, 05:41:45 PM by joncarrfarrelly




Both pics from 'VTOL Military Research Aircraft', Mike Rogers, 1989 Orion Books (US publication).

Cheers, Jon

B777LR

#1
February 09, 2007, 10:33:39 PM
Supersonic harrier! We might not need F-35 at all after all! :lol:  

van883

#2
February 10, 2007, 08:21:03 AM
Great pics-I really do wonder What-if the P.1154 had been built.

Van

kitnut617

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February 10, 2007, 09:30:00 AM Last Edit: February 11, 2007, 08:23:56 AM by kitnut617
What the top pic doesn't really show is how much the forward fuselage was stretched.  Here's a pic of it that was sent to me by Britjet.

http://groups.msn.com/TheWhatifandoddballm...ID=2257&lc=1033

Cheers.

Robert
If I'm not building models, I'm out riding my dirtbike

Hobbes

#4
February 10, 2007, 10:28:37 AM
So, was that PCB Harrier ever flight tested, or did they just do the gantry tests?  

Zen

#5
February 10, 2007, 10:54:10 AM
Gantry only, surely you folks have seen pics of the test gantry and the BS100 before?

Me I've seen on of those six BS100's for real at Yeovilton.
To win without fighting, that is the mastry of war.

Hobbes

#6
February 10, 2007, 12:16:56 PM
No, never seen 'em before.  

kitnut617

#7
February 10, 2007, 12:17:34 PM
QuoteSo, was that PCB Harrier ever flight tested, or did they just do the gantry tests?
Just in the rig, it was for testing the engine only.  A production Harrier wasn't in the works.
If I'm not building models, I'm out riding my dirtbike

GTX

#8
February 10, 2007, 12:44:02 PM
Classic caption for the first pic:

"Ok, it looks good from here - start the engine..." or "What was that, about to start the engine, oh Sh....!!!"

Regards,

Greg
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

tinlail

#9
February 10, 2007, 12:58:08 PM
The nozzles in those two pictures don't seem to match. Did the top one have stuff added for testing?

kitnut617

#10
February 10, 2007, 01:38:48 PM
QuoteThe nozzles in those two pictures don't seem to match. Did the top one have stuff added for testing?
The top pic shows the development stage while the second one I think was for the P.1154.  At least the nozzles i have in my Maintrack kit look like that.
If I'm not building models, I'm out riding my dirtbike

jcf

#11
February 10, 2007, 03:13:42 PM
QuoteThe nozzles in those two pictures don't seem to match. Did the top one have stuff added for testing?
Top pic is of the test airframe with the PCB modified Pegasus engine, the bottom pic is of the BS100 engine.

P1127

#12
February 11, 2007, 05:09:55 AM
Actually, the bottom pick pre-dates the top one. The rig used a redundant Harrier GR1 airframe, and was tested in the 70s and 80s.

It's not an effing  jump jet.

Martin H

#13
February 11, 2007, 10:54:10 AM
I take it the airframe was scrapped at the end of the test program.

I always hope for the best.
Unfortunately,
experience has taught me to expect the worst.

Size (of the stash) matters.

IPMS (UK) What if? SIG Leader.
IPMS (UK) Project Cancelled SIG Member.

P1127

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February 11, 2007, 12:21:18 PM Last Edit: February 11, 2007, 12:29:47 PM by P1127
QuoteI take it the airframe was scrapped at the end of the test program.
No, it (or parts of it) are with the Bristol Aero Collection. The serial was XV798

http://www.demobbed.org.uk/images/xv798.jpg

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=336013

Oh, and if anyone wants to know why PCB wouldn't have worked (Nor the 1154) Read John Farley's post here:

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=90847
It's not an effing  jump jet.
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