Originally Posted by
Martin the Martian
In thrust we trust.
I believe the Buccaneer S.1 had to be launched with only a partial fuel load due to the Gyron Junior's poor performance, with a buddy tank-equipped Scimitar to top it up once airborne.
Not really true, M the M. We used to launch with full internal fuel - with a catapult launch TOW was never an issue. But the SFC of the beast was appalling and we used a Scimitar to top up about 25 mins after launch to give us a decent range.