Hawker 1216

[Swamphen]

Baa!

"Baaaa!"

Baa!


"Baa baa baa, baa baa we're lambs..."

 

[Hobbes]

Wow, that looks great!

What engine was it supposed to use? Some Pegasus derivative with a straight pipe instead of the aft nozzles?  

[Zen]

It was a brand new engine by RR, called the RB422 which gave 31,400lb dry and 44,600lb full PCB reheat.

A straight through version could have been a real alternative to the domance of the large US military turbofans.

P1216 data

Length: 55.9ft
Span: 34.75ft
Wing area: 421 sqft

Speed mach 1+ at sea level and 1.8 at 36,000ft (air combat role)

Weights where estimated at 31,000lb (air combat role 2 ASRAAM and 2 AMRAAM), assumably the max weight was far higher.

[Tophe]

Wonderful!  Congratulations (to the modeller and designers)...

[NARSES2]

Baa!

"Baaaa!"

Baa!


"Baa baa baa, baa baa we're lambs..."

Didn't know you spoke Welsh    

[Patrick H]

Magnificent, where can I get one  



Patrick

[sidewinder]

Magnificent, where can I get one  

Make that two!!  

[Bryan H.]

OOOH!    Is that strictly for the UK or can friendly nations buy them?  Maybe, the Texas Navy could use some!  What's it's main mission?

Bryan

[Geoff_B]

Hi Bryan

The aircraft was intended to replace the Harrier and the Jag in UK service so mission would be similar to the JSF F-35B VTOL variant. Its capable of both Air to Air and Air to Ground and anti-shipping missions.

If developed then its quite possible the US would have joined in, they did with the Harrier after all, then again all the money went into high tech & stealthy when this design was being developed (1982-1987), but you can see it caertainly had potential.

Cheers

Geoff B

[Geoff_B]

Now where to start on doing the next one....

As we noticed from the generally positive feedback, Joe intends on having a go at producing one of these later this year. As a result i shall be adapting what i learnt doing the prototype into making some moulding masters for joe to use.

I know MartinH is intending to follow this build and hopefully do his own so i wonder is anybody else interested in following the build ?

If so then i'll list up the bits required later today.

Cheers

Geoff B

[Martin H]

I know MartinH is intending to follow this build and hopefully do his own so i wonder is anybody else interested in following the build ?

thats it,  Drop me in it    

[Scooterman]

Magnificent, where can I get one 

Make that two!!

Three!

Four or five or whatever!!!!!!!  I WANT ONE!!!!!    

[Joe C-P]

Where's the 1/700 scale one so I can load up my CVF properly?  ^_^

Speaking of which, where's my 1/700 CVF?  

JoeP :ar:  

[noxioux]

delicious  

[John Howling Mouse]

Heres some shots of the 1216 prototype i built. (Prototype in that proving that it could be built, the actual moulding master for Joe will avoid the gaffs i made with this one   )

Geoff B B)

"Gaffs?"

You must be joking------me no see any gaffs!!!

Fabulous and very gutsy!!!