Evolution hereCould be early project of SR A/1 ?
then i was rightEvolution hereCould be early project of SR A/1 ?
Is there any more information about the MAEE proposal; they did not normally design aircraft, why this one? Why tailless? Who initiated the whole jet flying boat thing ca.1943; MAEE or Saro or a third party? Was it put to anybody else besides Saro?Evolution hereCould be early project of SR A/1 ?
It's not hard to discern some elements of the eventual SR A/1 in that design, though the armament layout surely leaves a lot to be desired!MAEE. Helensburgh, jet flying boat fighter proposal, 1943 (noted to be based upon Gloster 'Whittle') tested at Denny Wavetank
I can't answer the why but it is interesting that the RAE were also engaged in advanced conceptual designs around this time. A canard twin-jet, swept wing bomber was one such suggestion.Is there any more information about the MAEE proposal; they did not normally design aircraft, why this one?Evolution hereCould be early project of SR A/1 ?
At first glance, I did not even notice the canard.I can't answer the why but it is interesting that the RAE were also engaged in advanced conceptual designs around this time. A canard twin-jet, swept wing bomber was one such suggestion.Is there any more information about the MAEE proposal; they did not normally design aircraft, why this one?Evolution hereCould be early project of SR A/1 ?
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CG is no problem if other things are right. Yaw stability is the usual problem. The first safe canard, the ASL Valkyrie, flew around 1910 and there have been many since. Some swept wings similar to these have neither tailplane nor canard and fly perfectly well.This "eyeball engineer" suggests that the center-of-gravity is too far aft for decent pitch stability. Curtiss Ascender and the Japanese Shinden suffered the same stability problems.