On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 00:24:38 +0000, Lee wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sunday 21 November 2004 21:58, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 21:32:12 +0000 (UTC), Martin wrote in > > message > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Lee Elliott wrote: > > > > I also believe the main gear was designed to tolerate less > > > > than perfect strips. > > > > > > Yes, the main gear looks to be very 'robust'. But I still > > > wonder why they paid attention to these features. To my > > > knowledge the TSR-2 was designed for long range and high > > > cruise speed. This sort of aircraft typically doesn't need > > > rough, short strips, they could safely operate from distant > > > bases .... > > > > ..you forget this plane was made to fight WWIII. ;-). > > In a nut shell, you've got it. The requirements spec was very > demanding and to a degree lead to it's failure. > > Even so, albeit after prolonged development, it seems as though > it was coming pretty close to actually meeting those > requirements when the project was cancelled. I've read that if > just any one of those requirements had been relaxed just a > little the a/c would have cost a lot less to produce and been a > lot easier to actually manufacture. > > Many, if not most of the people involved in the project seem to > believe that it was dropped more for political reasons (it had > the potential to upset the balance of powers) rather than > technical/manufacturing problems (there have been a surprisingly > high number of books written about the TSR2) and considering the > original specs & requirements, it's likely that the TSR2 would > still be in service today, had they ever got into production and > service. ..any books on it's avionics? These would have needed to be reliable near nuclear firework too. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
