Author Topic: Blackburn Buccaneer  (Read 18190 times)

Offline finsrin

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Re: Blackburn Buccaneer
« Reply #50 on: November 09, 2023, 07:02:14 AM »
For completenes..Blackburn/BAE did offer the Buccaneer as a competitor to the Intruder, with predictable results



USN Buccaneer looks soooooooo right to me.

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Re: Blackburn Buccaneer
« Reply #51 on: November 10, 2023, 02:37:10 AM »
I like your thinking.
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Re: Blackburn Buccaneer
« Reply #52 on: November 10, 2023, 02:38:00 AM »
I'm seeing a potential forerunner to the JP-233 airfield denial weapon in these pictures.

That recce insert looks like it's made in two parts, so maybe design an anti-airfield weapon insert based on it. Make one section for smaller munitions and the other section for larger ones.

You could mix and match it too. Have two section of the same type so you could have all small or all large munitions carried by an aircraft.

I like your thinking.
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

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Offline ysi_maniac

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Re: Blackburn Buccaneer
« Reply #53 on: November 14, 2023, 11:54:20 AM »
Corsair influence :mellow:  :lol: .



BTW, same scale.

Offline M.A.D

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Re: Blackburn Buccaneer
« Reply #54 on: February 11, 2024, 12:05:33 PM »
I've been engaged in conversation about the British CVA-01 aircraft carrier on another forum. In this conversation many have alluded to the CVA-01 eventually being compatible with F-111B and F-14....
Got me thinking, for the Royal Navy's small aircraft contingency and their seeming want to emulate USN capabilities of FAD at the time, what about a cost-effective modification of Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 fitted out for FAD ?
Gutting it of it's strike role systems/radar etc for that of the following:
Hughes AN/AWG-9 radar [this might necessitate an enlarged radome - reminiscent of the bulbous radome on the F-4K/M]
Four underwing AIM-54 Phoenix AAM's [or two semi-recessed AIM-54 Phoenix AAM's in a modified bomb bay]?
Upgraded Spey turbofan engines with greater thrust.....

Anyone up to doing such a profile?

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