Folland Gnat WHIF Ideas

[Rheged]

You could always fit longer wings....... 

Are Spackman International prepared to provide Unobtainium spar components to aid the manufacture of such wings?

[PR19_Kit]

Are Spackman International prepared to provide Unobtainium spar components to aid the manufacture of such wings?

Er........... we may have a bit of a problem there as we still can't find where the lode has moved to and the Russians aren't being at all co-operative in our efforts to find it. 

We could do you a good deal on ex-WWII Mosquito spruce-balsa spars though? We've come across a goodly supply 'recovered' from an old hangar at Karachi Airport quite recently.... 

[Rheged]

Are Spackman International prepared to provide Unobtainium spar components to aid the manufacture of such wings?

Er........... we may have a bit of a problem there as we still can't find where the lode has moved to and the Russians aren't being at all co-operative in our efforts to find it. 

We could do you a good deal on ex-WWII Mosquito spruce-balsa spars though? We've come across a goodly supply 'recovered' from an old hangar at Karachi Airport quite recently.... 

A  Gnat with  long folding wings sounds rather interesting,  but I'd like to  have some degree of control over how and when the folding actually happens. 

[NARSES2]

A  Gnat with  long folding wings sounds rather interesting,  but I'd like to  have some degree of control over how and when the folding actually happens. 

The Gnat would have made an interesting "fighter" for the RAuxAF to play with if they had not been stood down. Relatively cheap way to keep a pool of pilots available

[TallEng]

A  Gnat with  long folding wings sounds rather interesting,  but I'd like to  have some degree of control over how and when the folding actually happens. 

The Gnat would have made an interesting "fighter" for the RAuxAF to play with if they had not been stood down. Relatively cheap way to keep a pool of pilots available

A bit like this then



Regards
Keith

[NARSES2]

Exactly Keith 

[coolpop6307]

The drawing of the vulcan with the gnats makes me think you could put two under a B-52 for parasite fighters


Thanks
   Joshua

[rickshaw]

This may interest those who have built or are planning to build a "Sea Gnat" model (from Secret Projects board):

[DarrenP2]

gnat as a Drone or UAV

[PR19_Kit]

This may interest those who have built or are planning to build a "Sea Gnat" model (from Secret Projects board):

The pics don't show to non-SP members.

[rickshaw]

This may interest those who have built or are planning to build a "Sea Gnat" model (from Secret Projects board):

The pics don't show to non-SP members.

OK, try now...

[PR19_Kit]

Perfect now, and very interesting, thanks. 

I'm amazed Folland didn't produce a 'technology demonstrator' of that idea.

[TsrJoe]

http://profprodyutdas.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/a-cat-amongst-pigeons-indian-concept-of.html?m=1

[Snowtrooper]

http://profprodyutdas.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/a-cat-amongst-pigeons-indian-concept-of.html?m=1

The dear Professor also provides the bill of materials for whiffing one!

My ideal Light Fighter would be a twin engine having the F 86 Sabre's pilot's visibility with the MiG 17 wing (AR 4!) modified to have the MiG 19's wing structural stiffness, maybe the Su 7s wing section with its rounded L.E. which gave it superb low level manoeuvrability, the Gnat's forward fuselage married to a twin engine rear fuselage from the MiG 19 and a "flak vierling" gun layout a la HF 24 all somehow blended with something of the Hunter's grace and immense strength.

Though I somewhat disagree with him about Vietnam War and Israeli-Arab wars of the 60's and 70's being relevant data regarding BVR combat of today (cf. early Sparrows had a kill rate of less than 10%, but by Gulf war the M2 version scored over 70% kill rate, and that was with 1980's tech).

[perttime]

It has been a couple of years, at least, since I last stood next to a Gnat. This pic highlighted again that it is pretty small:


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Source: Folland Gnat Suomen ilmavoimissa – in Finnish Air Force by Jyrki Laukkanen & Kyösti Partonen.
https://www.koalakustannus.fi/p/folland-gnat-suomen-ilmavoimissa-in-finnish-air-force-jyrki-laukkanen-ja-kyosti-partonen