Hawker HS.803 VTOL transport project

[hesham]

Hi,


also we spoke before about the Hawker/Avro HS.800s series,but here is anther
drawing to HS.803 VTOL transport with folding Control Circulation Rotors CCR,
deffer from Avro Archive in its engine locations and numbers.


http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/757267.pdf

 

[hesham]

From Air Enthusiast.

 

[zebedee]

Model at the Avro Heritage Museum...



Zeb


Hawker Siddeley HS803 by Martin Winchester, on Flickr


Hawker Siddeley HS803 by Martin Winchester, on Flickr

 

[dan_inbox]

The blades facing forward during stopped-rotor flight, wouldn't they have a problem in case of pitch-up or -down?

Looks like they would suffer a horrible self-worsening bending moment. The quintessence of the forward-swept wing's problem.

 

[hesham]

Wow,amazing,thank you my dear Zebedee.