Originally Posted by
NutLoose
Seriously it was a requirement of the spec that it attained Mach 1.6 which it did eventually after a struggle, then was binned as it had shown it had attained the brief, various mods were introduced, I didn't realise the step in the elevon was to reduce strain on the actuators and it was smoothed out by about 1 inch during testing, the M was going to eventually have a different wing. Various differences included beefed up hook, straight longer stroke main legs and twin nose wheels, beefed up fuselage with fuselage mounted catapult attachments. It also said all Jags had the ability to carry centre line refuelling pods, did ours?
Elevon? If you worked on then you would know they are called tailplanes. If totally correct, they are tailplane halves. Not Tailerons either, Clean T bird at attitude was capable of Mach 1.3, but by the time production was happening, Mach number of 1.6 was actually never going to be needed. The M was a mistake even to be considered. Jaguar was never suitable for a carrier. The cancelled jets, of course, were built instead as AdA A kites.