Barnes Wallis's All-Speed aircraft

[Mike Pryce]

After the cancellation of the Swallow design Barnes Wallis turned to 'All Speed' aircraft. One used a 'cascade' wing to achieve VTOL and Mach 4.5. Another used wing and fuselage cambering for low speed flight. Both are in the 'conceptual' category I think, although it is said that some wind tunnel work was carried out on them.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Barnes Wallis "CASCADE"

Anyone ever heard of this project?

There's a model of it at RAF Reserve Collection, Stafford.

 

[danielgrimes]

Re: Barnes Wallis "CASCADE"

Try here http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1441.0/highlight,barnes+wallis.html - second image down

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Re: Barnes Wallis "CASCADE"

Thanks, merged with older topic

So, this project was at least built as a model.

 

[red admiral]

Re: Barnes Wallis "CASCADE"

There's a model of it at RAF Reserve Collection, Stafford.

Do you have any idea on access restrictions to RAF Stafford? I live close by and could go and take a look.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

I've arranged a visit in connection with my book on P.1103/P.1121. I imagine they would discourage casual visits from all and sundry though.

 

[Barrington Bond]

Found a memorial lecture booklet in Farnborough library...

 

[Barrington Bond]

...and some diagrams from it. ;D

 

[flateric]

'This is incredible, Mr.Bond' Thank you, thank you for these wonderful details!

 

[Barrington Bond]

I struck lucky a the end of a frustrating day 8)

 

[Orionblamblam]

...and some diagrams from it. ;D

It's a little hard to make out, but is the overall length of the "Universal" 150 feet?

 

[Jemiba]

Cannot read it on the drawing, but according to "Stuck On The Drawing Board", span
would have been 52 ft and so I got a length of approximately 147,8 ft by measuring ...

 

[Barrington Bond]

It says overall length 150'.

Looks like aielerons front and rear and would the bump underneath be another form of propulsion for the high speed portion of its flight?

Regards,
Barry

 

[Papahotel]

Barnes Wallis "CASCADE"

Anyone ever heard of this project?

There's a model of it at RAF Reserve Collection, Stafford.

 

[TsrJoe]

Ref. Bouncing Bomb Man, Ian Murray, Haynes Publishing, 2009

 

[publiusr]

Could any winglet extend for a flight speed where it works best? Xylophone might have been a better name.

 

[Archibald]

So Barnes Wallis was trying to reinvent an hypersonic aircraft from the ground up, the pretty bold way. Reminds me of John Frost works for Avro Canada : related to Radial Flow Gas Turbines. Flattening a turbojet into a circular wing to try and get VTOL and Mach 4 out of the same airframe.