Can anyone supply me with any information for a study I am doing on the Heyford. I have one book and several small pieces out of other books on the aircraft, which have told me quite a bit about its history, but I have been unable to find anything else out – drawings, etc.
If anyone can help I would be very grateful!!!
By: powerandpassion - 1st September 2024 at 22:57
Thank you Aerotony
By: Aerotony - 1st September 2024 at 15:52
A detailed GA drawing was published in Aero Modeler years ago and were available through their plans scheme. This page is from a 1988 plans catalogue when the rights were owned by Argus Specialist Publications Ltd. They were then taken over by Nexus I think. Are all the plans/drawings still available from any source?
By: powerandpassion - 1st September 2024 at 09:26
dhfan, thank you, Mothminor, thank you, very much!
By: Mothminor - 1st September 2024 at 09:02
Hello P&P,
“Flight” magazine of 6th July 1933 has a very detailed and well illustrated article on the Heyford which includes info on the spars. Available at the link below. I’d suggest downloading it as it’s so much easier to read that way!
https://archive.org/details/Flight_International_Magazine_1933-07-06-pd…
The article is concluded in the 20th July issue –
https://archive.org/details/Flight_International_Magazine_1933-07-20-pd…
By: dhfan - 31st August 2024 at 09:45
Not HP himself, George Volkert was the lead designer. As I recall, unlike GdeH, HP started to delegate design responsibility relatively early on the history of his company.
By: powerandpassion - 31st August 2024 at 08:26
Good to see the ‘airscrew guard’ for a pilot that liked to stretch his arms. Still no answer on spars tho. HP designs were ‘all big’, so not the kind of thing you could keep in a garage. HP is probably the least known designer in these current times, but he seemed a giant in his day.
By: VErcoli - 27th August 2024 at 18:18
Handley Page Heyford cutaway, scanned from ‘Flight’ 25 June 1936 issue.
By: powerandpassion - 26th August 2024 at 11:15
Very grateful to AI for coughing up this topic… I have a Heyford ‘half prop’ – one fixed pitch prop of two clagged together in the one hub, to form the ‘four bladed arrangement’ in the Heyford. I understand the RAFM has another prop and UC remains. Certainly a fascinating aircraft. I have never found information on the spars used by HP in the Heyford, I am wondering if they were timber or metal. Very long. I don’t think AI will know this, but ‘analogue curmudgeon’ might !
By: Vahe.D - 23rd August 2024 at 15:50
Sorry to bring this thread back to life, but info and illustrations of the Handley Page Heyford can be found at these links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Heyford
https://modelshipworld.com/topic/34248-handley-page-heyford-by-rgl-fini…
The Heyford prototype was given the company designation H.P.38, while the designation H.P.50 was assigned by Handley Page to the production Heyfords.
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