BAe Kingston Unmanned Fighter Aircraft (UFA)

[Tuomasn]

P.1224-1 from May 1983 was the first variant of the unmanned fighter aircraft (UFA) studies conducted at BAe Kingston during the 1980s. More info can be found in the recent Hawker's Secret Projects book.

 

[Tuomasn]

P.1224-10 which was later redesignated P.1243 from September 1988 was the final BAe Kingston UFA variant.
(So I did keep my promise even though it took some time ) The nozzle/rear fuselage joint area is sketchy since I couldn't quite figure it out from the available drawings.

 

[Tuomasn]

Finally a few shots of both variants together to show how the design evolved smaller and stealthier. P.1224-1 had a wingspan of 6.45 meters and P.1224-10 of 4.15 meters. And a size comparison of BAe Kingston and BAe Warton unmanned projects of the 1980s

 

[TsrJoe]

Stunning cad work

 

[scautomoton]

As another means of gauging what a monster HOTOL was going to be, there's an online seller on Etsy selling a 3d printed kit of HOTOL in 1/72, and its 900mm long. Concorde in 1/72 is only 856mm....

 

[Archibald]

Blame liquid hydrogen ultra low density, 20% of any other propellant.