Avro Vulcan
Avro Vulcan (uradno Hawker Siddeley Vulcan[1][2] je štirimotorni reaktivni strateški bombnik, ki ga je uporablja RAF v letih 1956−1984. Letalo so zasnovali pri podjetju A.V. Roe and Company (Avro), glavna konstruktorja sta bila Roy Chadwick in Stuart Davies. Zgradili so tri V-bombnike: Vickers Valiant, Handley Page Victor in Avro Vulcan. Pri konstruiranju so uporabljali tehnologijo iz Avro 707.
Avro Vulcan | |
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RAF Vulcan B.2 | |
Vloga | Strateški bombnik |
Izvor | združeno Kraljestvo |
Proizvajalec/-ci | A V Roe & Co (Avro) Hawker Siddeley Aviation |
Oblikovalec | Roy Chadwick/Stuart Davies |
Krstni polet | 30. avgust 1952 |
Uveden | 2. julij 1956 |
Upokojen | Marec 1984 |
Status | Izven uporabe |
Glavni uporabnik | Royal Air Force |
Izdelovan | 1956–1965 |
Število izdelanih | 136 |
Cena enote | £ 750 000 (1956) |
Prva dobava je bila leta 1956, dobave izboljšanih Vulcan B.2 so sledile leta 1960. B.2 je imel močnejše motorje, večje krilo, ECM, izboljšane elektronske sisteme in možnost oborožitve z raketo Blue Steel. Avro Vulcan je bil najpomembnejši britanski jedrski strateški bombnik, je pa nosil tudi konvencionalne bombe, npr. v Vojni na Falklandih.
Vulcan ni imel orožja za samoobrambo, zanašal se je na visokohitrostne lete na visoki višini. Zgradili so tudi verzijo K.2 leteči tanker, za prečrpavanje goriva v zraku.
Tehnične specifikacije (ulcan B.1)
urediPodatki iz Polmar,[3] Laming[4]
Splošne karakteristike
- Posadka: 5 (pilot, kopilot, AEO, dva navigatorja)
- Dolžina: 97 ft 1 in (29,59 m)
- Razpon kril: 99 ft 5 in (30,3 m)
- Višina: 26 ft 6 in (8,0 m)
- Površina kril: 3 554 ft² (330,2 m²)
- Teža praznega letala: 83 573 lb (37 144 kg)
- Maks. vzletna teža: 170 000 lb (77 111 kg)
- Pogon letala: 4 × Bristol Olympus 101 ali 102 ali 104 turbojet, 11 000 lbf (49 kN) vsak
Zmogljivost
- Maks. hitrost: Mach 0,96 (645 mph ( 1038,03km/h)) na višini
- Potovalna hitrost: Mach 0,86 (567 mph (912 km/h)) at 45 000 ft
- Doseg: 2 607 mi (4 171 km)
- Višina leta: 55 000 ft (17 000 m)
- Razmerje potisk/teža: 0,31
Oborožitev
Primerjava različic
urediB.1 | B.1A | B.2 | B.2 (MRR) | K.2 | |
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Razpon kril | 99 ft 5 in (30,30 m) | 111 ft 0 in (33,83 m) | |||
Dolžina | 97 ft 1 in (29,59 m) | 105 ft 6 in (32,16 m) [99 ft 11 in (30,45 m) without probe] | |||
Višina | 26 ft 6 in (8,08 m) | 27 ft 1 in (8,26 m) | |||
Površina kril | 3.554 sq ft (330,2 m2)[5] | 3.964 sq ft (368,3 m2)[5] | |||
Maks. vzletna teža | 167.000 lb (76.000 kg) 185.000 lb (84.000 kg) |
204.000 lb (93.000 kg) | |||
Potovalna hitrost | Mach .86 indicated | ||||
Maks. hitrost | Mach ,95 | Mach .93 (Mach ,92) |
Mach .93 |
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Višina leta (servisna= | 55.000 ft (17.000 m)[5] | 45.000 ft (14.000 m) to 56.000 ft (17.000 m) | |||
Električni sistemi | 112V enosmerni tok | 200V izmenični tok, trifazni 400 HZ | |||
Motorji | 4 × Bristol Olympus 101, 102 or 104 |
4 × Bristol Olympus 104 |
4 × Bristol Siddeley Olympus 200-serije, 301 |
4 × Bristol Siddeley Olympus 200-serije | |
Kapaciteta goriva | 9 280 gal (74 240 lb kerozin) | 9 260 gal (74,080 lb kerozin) | |||
None |
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Glej tudi
urediSklici in reference
uredi- ↑ »Hawker Siddeley Vulcan B2«. National Cold War Exibition. Trustees of the Royal Air Force Museum. Pridobljeno 24. julija 2013.
- ↑ "Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd." Flight, 29 August 1963, p. 342.
- ↑ Polmar and Bell 2004, p. 264.
- ↑ Laming 2002, pp. 155, 182.
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 Blackman 2007, p. 213.
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Zunanje povezave
uredi- Avro Vulcan Bomber Tribute Page
- Vulcan to the Sky
- Vulcans in Camera
- Vulcan history
- Vulcan Restoration Trust
- Video of Roland Falk rolling a Vulcan at Farnborough in 1955
- Vulcan Test Pilot Roly Falk history
- Building the Vulcan a 1957 Flight article
- the Vulcan Story Flight article of 1958
- The Virtues of the Avro Vulcan a 1954 AVRO advertisement for the Vulcan in Flight magazine
- A radar signature scale model of the Vulcan used for testing radar echo visibility Arhivirano 2013-10-03 na Wayback Machine.