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| AW.681 | |
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 Manufacturer's model of the AW.681 |
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| Type | Projected VTOL Military transport |
| Manufacturer | Armstrong Whitworth |
| Status | Project cancelled January 1965 |
The Armstrong Whitworth AW.681 was a projected long-range STOL military transport aircraft design capable of development to VTOL performance. The AW.681 was designed to meet the NATO specification of BMR-4.
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[edit] Design and development
The aircraft featured a swept shoulder mounted wing and a high T-tail. The rear fuselage was upswept with loading doors and a ramp. Four RR Medway RB.142 engines with vectored thrust nozzles were to be mounted on pylons under the wings which were to feature boundary layer control with blown flaps, leading edges, and ailerons. The Medway engines would have given STOL performance only, it was planned to later replace these engines with the Rolls-Royce Pegasus to obtain VTOL capability. The project was under development for the Royal Air Force when it was cancelled in January 1965.[1]
[edit] Specifications (proposed)
This aircraft article is missing some (or all) of its specifications. If you have a source, you can help Wikipedia by adding them.General characteristics
- Length: 102 ft 2 in (31.75 m)
- Wingspan: 134 ft 0 in (40.84 m)
- Height: 37 ft 10 in (11.53 m)
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 0.71
[edit] See also
Comparable aircraft
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
- ^ Taylor 1990, p. 348.
[edit] Bibliography
- Taylor, John W.R. The Lore of Flight, London: Universal Books Ltd., 1990. ISBN 0-9509620-15.
[edit] External links
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Category:VTOL aircraft Category:Cancelled aircraft projects Category:Abandoned British military projects
