HP Victor questions

[wonderboysteve]

Hi,

I’m hoping to invoke the collective genius of this forum, to help me with a couple of questions regarding the mighty HP Victor.

1) Did the Victor carry bomb bay fuel tanks when equipped with Blue Steel?
2) Has anyone come across a technical reference on the aerodynamics of the Kuchemann fairings when fitted to the Victor B2?

Much appreciated!
Steve

[dook]

Reduces wave drag in the transonic region.

[wonderboysteve]

Indeed they did! However, I was hoping (long shot) that someone might have come across an RAE or Handley Page internal technical report, if I'm really lucky with Windtunnel results.

[Albert Driver]

Sounds like RAE territory. Have you contacted FASTA at Farnborough? They have containers full of RAE technical reports. All things wind-tunnel are much in the forefront there at the moment as they get the remaining tunnels ready for visitors.