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PaulMM (Overscan) said:WG.47 canopy is odd - I can't quite understand it from this picture.
GTX said:PaulMM (Overscan) said:WG.47 canopy is odd - I can't quite understand it from this picture.
I wonder if it is some form of retractable canopy?
Hood said:Any thoughts on what the under-nose trainable quad-tube launcher on the model of the WG.44 is?
Is it meant to be trainable defensive AAM armament or a small-calibre air-ground rocket?
PaulMM (Overscan) said:They look like MANPADS type missiles to me.
TomS said:PaulMM (Overscan) said:They look like MANPADS type missiles to me.
Specifically Air-To-Air Stinger. You can see the strongback between the two missiles. I don't think it's related to that patent.
Link: https://www.aerosociety.com/news/in-the-latest-aerospace-magazine-march-2018/* Out of the shadows – A secret project reveals how Westland Helicopters developed a design for a UK stealth helicopter in the 1980s.
Its the pilots cockpit and yes, it is just for his head.SteveO said:Very interesting. Looks like the one on that cover has a twin tail rotor and the front canopy for the gunner(?) is sized for the head only.
Schneiderman said:Its the pilots cockpit and yes, it is just for his head.
TsrJoe said:WG.47
TsrJoe said:WG.47
sienar said:TsrJoe said:WG.47
After inverting the first image and recovering the highlights
Hood said:Yes, Westland were quite keen on twin tail rotors for battle damage redundancy.
Silencer1 said:Hood said:Yes, Westland were quite keen on twin tail rotors for battle damage redundancy.
This also decreased fuselage rear part length, and overall dimensions.