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Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 Ideas and Inspiration
« on: September 29, 2022, 02:28:48 AM »
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Article: How the British made a jet-powered, flying boat fighter plane


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I smell wingtip tanks!

Maybe a night fighter with duel seat.
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Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2022, 02:44:21 AM »
Enlarged stabilizing float/fuel tank combination that extend aft and function as Küchemann carrots.  ;)
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« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2022, 04:59:34 AM »
P.103, swept wing SR.A/1

P.122 projects, based on SR.A/1, single after-burning AS.65 Sapphire:
P.122/1, single-seat, tapered wing.
P.122/2, two-seat, swept wing.
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« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2022, 06:13:47 AM »
P122/1 has always reminded me of a sucker fish.  Flip it upside down and use it as a basis for a model of the bottom feeding fish.  ;D
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« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2022, 07:51:15 AM »
Not to be out done by Convair's Skate, SARO responded with the Carp.
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« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2022, 05:59:23 AM »
Thanks Jon. 

And here they are flying out of Lake Louise in Alberta.
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« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2022, 07:38:09 AM »
Quote from: jcf on September 29, 2022, 07:51:15 AM
Not to be out done by Convair's Skate, SARO responded with the Carp.
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SARO Lamprey might have been a more appropriate name. 
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