Airfix Avro Vulcan B2 Options

[fcuevas]

Looking at my copy of Airfix's Avro Vulcan, I notice raised panels under the wings just beneath the engine intakes. They seem like strengthening panels. Does anyone know whether these were added during inital build or a later addition? If the latter, which serial numbers incorporated this mod?

Thank you.

Fred Cuevas

[Dave T]

They are ECM aerials in the form of a flat ('ish) plate. A search on Google will tell you more.

Cheers.

[pigsty]

They are ECM aerials in the form of a flat ('ish) plate. A search on Google will tell you more.

Cheers.

Those aren't just beneath the intakes, though, they're beneath the jetpipes - are we talking about the same thing here? Fred, can you pin it down or provide photos?

This post has been edited by pigsty: Feb 9 2010, 09:15 AM

[andy wood]

Those aren't just beneath the intakes, though, they're beneath the jetpipes - are we talking about the same thing here? Fred, can you pin it down or provide photos?

Yeah, Dave is right. you need to check your references as some vulcans did not have them and some had 2

[Dave T]

Those aren't just beneath the intakes, though, they're beneath the jetpipes - are we talking about the same thing here?

Sorry, i'll rephrase my answer better; thus....

"Fred, if you mean the two flat ('ish) plate's, one under each pair of jetpipes, then they are ECM aerials. A search on Google will tell you more. "

Cheers.

[fcuevas]

It's the area beneath the engine intakes more or less at the same angle as the wing leading edge. Coincides approximately with the sooty area shown in the photo.

Fred

[Gmat]

I'm not sure that I can see a raised panel area, but perhaps what I see as a bulged area under the intakes is what you are talking about. I think that this represents where the intakes were widened in most of the B2s for the later Olympus 301 engines, though not all of the Vulcans with the widened intakes had them. Nice catch, I wondered about how the intakes were widened.
Best wishes,
Grant

[vulcan-rigger]

Is this the area you are referring to ? http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigbirdavn/4344859960/

XM607 durung Corporate. This modification was applied to airframes intended to carry Skybolt.

Vulcan intakes: Only two sizes were used.
The first batch used the remaining centre sections from the tail end of the B.1 order and were smaller.
The main batch of airframes used the same sized intakes however as the engines were of different sizes therefore the make up peices between Oly 200 ECU's and the intake were heavily tapered while those
for the Oly 300 series were relatively flat- for a given value of flat.

HTH
Vulcan Rigger

[fcuevas]

Is this the area you are referring to ? http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigbirdavn/4344859960/

XM607 durung Corporate. This modification was applied to airframes intended to carry Skybolt.

Vulcan intakes: Only two sizes were used.
The first batch used the remaining centre sections from the tail end of the B.1 order and were smaller.
The main batch of airframes used the same sized intakes however as the engines were of different sizes therefore the make up peices between Oly 200 ECU's and the intake were heavily tapered while those
for the Oly 300 series were relatively flat- for a given value of flat.

HTH
Vulcan Rigger

I can't view the photo you're referring to. Flikr says it's labeled private and will not let me open it.

Fred

[vulcan-rigger]

I can't view the photo you're referring to. Flikr says it's labeled private and will not let me open it.

Fred

Permissions chanfed- please try again.

Cheers
V-R

[fcuevas]

Permissions chanfed- please try again.

Cheers
V-R

Thanks. Yes, this is the panel/plate I'm referring to. Someone wrote that it might be a mod related to installation of Skybolt missiles. Is this accurate? If so, is there any way of identifying the airframes modified by serial number?

Thank you.

Fred