Underwing personnel pods

[sandiego89]

There was an idea to use a passenger pod under a B-58A to explore human reaction to supersonic transport: http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%202646.html

Martin

Right, I mentioned the B-58 pod a few posts up, thanks for posting. Interesting.

So "exploring human reactions" to being strapped into a 60 inch tube with a pair of screaming J-79's to either side a few feet away?  Watching spindly landing gear go up and down, @200MPH touchdown speed?   Yes I imagine that would get some reactions.  

An enthusiasts dream, but a little old lady- perhaps not so much.  

from another source: In tie-down tests Convair actually ran the inboard engines of a B-58 for ten hours with afterburners in maximum re-heat and sound levels up to 171 decibels to test the wing structure for sonic fatigue.

[martinbayer]

Sorry I missed your reference, sandiego89!

Martin

[McColm]

I suppose if you were heavily sedated, the engine noise wouldn't be a problem.

[PR19_Kit]

I suppose if you were heavily sedated, the engine noise wouldn't be a problem.

Your hearing would still be damaged.... 

[silverwindblade]

Not RW, but in some of Dale Browns' more recent books, the EB-52 Megafortresses (which by now are all RPV's) can carry a Special Forces insertion vehicle in the bombbay. It's apparently got enough room in it for four or five guys in Powered Armour and their kit, and has a small turbojet and landing gear, so it can drop them in, land, and then takeoff again to get them back to the orbiting aircraft and re-dock.
It's a bit of a laundry-list of concepts (especially the re-docking part), but I figured it kind of fits in the topic, even if it is fictional.

[wuzak]

try this for harriers etc.

http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2014/04/exint-pod/

I don't think that too many would be keen to use teh Spitfire man bags!

http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/spitfire-man-bags.jpg