Jet powered Lancaster....?

[rickoshea52]

I borrowed this book from my mum today, it's about the RAE at Farnborough during the war. I was intrigued to see a jet fitted to a Lancaster bomber!

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[PaulTRose]

i bet that gave it a bit of umph!

[Guest]

so now that you have brought this to our attention are you going to try and model it in 1:72nd scale ???

[Guest]

i have just remembered that i have a 1:72nd lancaster in my build stash but i'm not sure if it's complete so it might just be worth having a play around with it

[flyjoe180]

Excessive solution to asymmetric engine failure control but awesome nonetheless

[rickoshea52]

so now that you have brought this to our attention are you going to try and model it in 1:72nd scale ???

It would be interesting but ultimately just wishful thinking for me with my pile of other projects.

[Guest]

i have a few in my stash too but i also think this would be a great achievement would have to do some research on it as well

[rickoshea52]

i have a few in my stash too but i also think this would be a great achievement would have to do some research on it as well

The place to go for research on this would be Farnborough Air Sciences Trust (FAST).

[Guest]

thanks rickoshea i will have a look do you know if they have a website please ?

[stona]

That Lancaster (LL735) has an important part in the history of British jet aviation. The engine installed is probably the third F2 engine built. It flew for the first time in the Lancaster on 29th June 1943.

Another Lancaster (BT308,the first Lancaster prototype) flew with a similar installation a short time later.



The F2 was an axial turbojet with a nine stage compressor. It was the first non-German axial turbojet in the world. In November 1943 two F2 engines powered the first Meteor (DG204) flight. Each engine produced 1,800 lbs of thrust.

Cheers

Steve

[zuludog]

I see that the jet engine is from Metropolitan Vickers


My uncle Jim was a plumber/fitter at Metrovicks, as it was known, in Trafford Park, Manchester,during the war. But he didn't work on the products, his job was to maintain the equipment & services for the factory. One day he was told to lay an additional cold water pipe to the furthest part of the factory, where he heard a terrific, loud, screaming and roaring noise. Of course, it was an early jet engine, but I, like most other people at the time, he had never heard one before. He asked the foreman what the noise was


"I didn't hear anything lad, and neither did you. Now, finish your work and bugger off."


Jim said it was about 1958 or 59 before he told anyone about it.