One thing though, could reheat have been fitted to derivations of the Sea Vixen? Its surprising how close the tail booms are to the jet efflux, would have thought afterburners could cause heat damage to the airframe in that area, and possibly the tail plane in some manouvres.
DeHavEng, is XP924 staying on the ground now? It looks lovely in its 899Sqn scheme.
it’s very doubtful that the Sea vixen in her current form could ever have been fitted with re-heat. The jet eflux would have had serious effects on the twin booms and more importantly her slab tail. If a Sea Vixen derivative were to be fitted with re-heat it would have involved a complete re-design to a more conventional layout. DH/HSA were planning a sapphire version as I understand with auxillary intakes above and below the main intake much like the elephant ears on the souped up Venom, a tight squeeze but a profitable one, most likely making her supersonic even with out re-heat given the additional thrust and the fact that now with all her RN fit removed XP924 is supersonic. the additional thrust should compensate for the additional weight.
As far as I am aware XP924 is grounded until such time as either sponsership and/or insurance can be found. She is maintained in airworthy trim and conducts fast taxi’s to keep the systems ticking over but until the money is ponied up she is a flightless bird. For further information I suggest a visit of dehav’s website, where you can find dates and times of any prospective runs and flights of Dehav’s fleet including my little baby the scarlet scooter (aka Gant XR537)
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