View Full Version : 1978 Harrier T.4 road test.........
D John
6th Oct 2011, 19:20
Hi,
I found this December 1978 Autocar 'AutoTest' on the Harrier T.4 'a nippy two seater for the sportsman'......... thought some might enjoy seeing this and remembering those times........
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/milorgman/Flight/T4AutoTest01.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/milorgman/Flight/T4AutoTest02.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/milorgman/Flight/T4AutoTest03.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/milorgman/Flight/T4AutoTest04.jpg
Anyone know which 233 OCU T.4 (Y) is in the photos?
cheers,
-D John
P6 Driver
6th Oct 2011, 19:33
I can't recall seeing that the first time around, so thanks for posting it!
:D
Having checked the date I am reminded that, in the old days, the magazine did these jokey road tests in the Christmas edition. ISTR a test of the vehicle that carried the Space Shuttle from the Assembly Building to the Launch Pad, among others. Thanks for posting!
Teamchief
12th Oct 2011, 19:41
Seem to think it may have been XW934. God I feel Old!!!!
gr4techie
12th Apr 2014, 13:44
Interesting to see it cost £5 million. How much is the F-35 going to cost us, again?
peter we
12th Apr 2014, 18:42
Interesting to see it cost £5 million.
Thats £25million, inflation adjusted.
Buster Hyman
13th Apr 2014, 01:08
291 Litres/100k...sounds like my Discovery. :(
VinRouge
13th Apr 2014, 10:53
Any truth the rumour they trialed Motor diesel in the Pegasus as a contingency if all our bases in Germany had been shwacked, with a view that the jet could be gassed up using fuel from a petrol forecourt?
Probably utter hoop, but seeing as Diesel is similar to Kerosene, may be an iota of truth in it....
A and C
13th Apr 2014, 11:30
I see no reason why standard diesel fuel could not be used the Diamond DA42 is certified for use with both Jet A-1 and standard diesel motor fuel as it is more or less the same thing.
Having done the manufactures maintainence course on the engine I was told that Jet A-1 has far less lubricating qualitys and so the challenge was to get a Diesel engine fuel control system to run reliably on Jet A-1, this is a problem you would not have in reverse.
Added to this the life expectancy of a Harrier in a pan European conflict would probably render long term reliability a non issue.
Fox3WheresMyBanana
13th Apr 2014, 11:39
IIRC, the pegasus could run on diesel for 10 hours (low level - as no anti-icing additives). With WW3 life expectancy at the traditional 20 minutes, it was not thought to be a problem.