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Have you contacted FAST at Farnborough:
FAST - Farnborough Air Sciences Trust - Farnborough Museum - Hampshire
Most of the RAE documentation, Reports etc were passed to FAST following the destruction of the RAE. Possibly they may have the relevant RAE Mod Drawings etc that should clarify how and why the Pods are attached as they are. Failing that, the relevant trial(s) would have been reported and RAE Reports usually contained the engineering aspects of the trial installations.
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