Does anybody here have any information and/or pictures of the proposed 250 seat ‘Superb’ version of the VC-10. I have read that it would apparently have required a second deck. I have yet to find a reference as to what engines were suggested?
Any information, pictures of models or artists impressions would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou in advance sealordlawrence.
By: sealordlawrence - 25th July 2007 at 08:07
Fascinating site (thanks) and if you delve a bit deeper and you’ll find this triple fuselage monstrosity-
At least it shows imagination!:eek:
By: Mr Creosote - 24th July 2007 at 22:53
Fascinating site (thanks) and if you delve a bit deeper and you’ll find this triple fuselage monstrosity-
By: sealordlawrence - 24th July 2007 at 12:53
Thanks ken.
By: alertken - 24th July 2007 at 09:03
SLL: VC10 Superb at P.53, R.Payne Stuck on the Drawing Board. At P.50 he also deals with your HP.111 query. Both illustrated.
Re politics: as a taxpayer you are pleased that those that take our money try hard to spend it sensibly. No big ticket State procurement is divorced from political issues. 1950s’ RAF heavy haul was taken up from Trade, to liberate £ and crew for the front line. A draft Reqt. to move IRBMs caused a hi cube need met for USAF by C-133. No V-craft variant would be sensible here. Britannia wing on new Ulster tube met the military need, gave Bristol Aeroplane something to parlay into a merger, and kept Paddies off the dole.
By: sealordlawrence - 24th July 2007 at 08:07
Thanks steve, thats just what I was looking for!:)
Any more would be great.;)
By: steve rowell - 24th July 2007 at 01:29
In July 1965, BAC released preliminary details of a major VC10 development with a new double decker fuselage stretched by about 32 feet and capable of carrying a mixed class load of 265 passengers. About 80 per cent of the passengers would be accomodated in the upper deck and the remainder in the lower cabin forward of the wings. The wings, Tail unit and other components were to be similar to the Super VC10.
Two versions were studied: one retaining Conway engines and capable of carrying a full load off passengers between London and New York; the other re-engined with the proposed and more powerful Rolls-Royce RB.178 turbofan which would provide improved takeoff performance, better fuel economy and improved payload range characteristics. It was intended that this version would be able to carry a full payload between Rome and New York or London- Los Angeles with a reduced but still economically viable payload.
Maximum takeoff weight was estimated at 370,000Ib, 35,000Ib more than the Super VC10.
BOAC expressed an interest it this Super Dooper VC10 but nothing came of it and the aircraft was never built.
By: sealordlawrence - 23rd July 2007 at 19:24
Sorry Newforest I just caught your edit, the double decker was the one I was refering to. Thankyou for the link.;)
By: sealordlawrence - 23rd July 2007 at 19:20
Would you be thinking of the V.1000 powered by the Conway by-pass engine?
Afraid not, the V.1000 was a 100 seat airliner version of the Valiant bomber. It reached prototype construction stage (apparently about 95%) before cancellation. It would have carried the designation VC-7, as that suggests it was in fact a predecessor to the VC-10 (the engines would have been buried in the wing roots comet style). The ‘Superb’ was a proposed further development of the VC-10.
By: Newforest - 23rd July 2007 at 19:16
Would you be thinking of the V.1000 powered by the Conway by-pass engine?
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Vickers_VC10
or this, the double decked VC.10?
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