One of the snags, I understand, was that fuel was used as a coolant for the
antennae which reduced the amount of usable fuel as the crew had always to keep
a certain amount in the tanks solely for that purpose.
Chris
On 21 May 2013, at 19:10, Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, anything at the extremes of the airframe will cause more problems
> than things at the middle, not to mention the added weight from all the
> extended wiring, but the big thing is still flying around in a big radar
> range.
>
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> Living long is the clue, I suppose. The "Nimwacs" – the Nimrod-based early
> warning platform that the RAF was going to have – had scanning aerials fore
> and aft, never pointing at the cabin. But that caused fatigue on the
> airframe. It was probably one (of many) reason it was cancelled.
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