Westland WG Numbers

[widgeon]

The lynx was WG13 , WG30 was the civil version , WG34 the original EHI(I)01 designation . If I recall correctly the various UAV were given WK numbers. Does anyone know what the intervening WG numbers might have been ?

here is link to WG33.
Westland WG.33 helicopter - development history, photos, technical data

[Ian Corrigible]

Drawing heavily from previous work over at Secret Projects:

• WG.1: Tandem HLH/ASW design with four Gnome H.1600s grouped around rear pylon. 35,740 lb MGW, 51 ft length. 3 crew plus up to 33 troops. Dropped in favor of Chinook (RAF) and Sea King (RN) buy.
• WG.3: Light tactical helicopter, 2 x PT6A or Gnome turboshaft engines, 8,000-11,000 lb.
• WG.4: Single rotor, twin engine medium logistic & ASW project. 24 troops, 17,000 lb.
• WG.5: Single-engined 3-seat light helicopter, 2,400 lb.
• WG.7: Succeeded WG.4, gross weight reduced to 12,500 lb. Dropped in favor of Puma buy (RAF)
• WG.11: Modified WG.1 with 12 ft fuselage extension for civil application, 60 pax. Fitted with wings in canard configuration.
• WG.12: Succeeded WG.5, 4 seats, 2,500 lb. Dropped in favor of Gazelle buy.
• WG.13: Refined WG.3, 8,000 lb. Became Lynx.
• WG.17D: 138 seat compound helicopter with 4 T64-GE-16 turboshafts and two Bristol Siddeley M45H turbofans.
• WG.21: Two-seat ground attack tiltrotor study from 1970. 22,000-26,000 lb, 530 kt.
• WG.22: Tilt-wing inter-city VTOL transport aircraft capable of carrying up
• WG.25 Mote: RPV design from 1975.
• WG.28: Initial Sea King Replacement studies for RN.
• WG.30: Estate version of Lynx.
• WG.31: Heliliner transport study for British Airways (early 1980s).
• WG.33: Two-seat light airborne observation platform with circular fuselage and coaxial rotor from 1977.
• WG.34: Pre-EH101 Sea King Replacement design study (twin-engine).

I/C

[widgeon]

IC thanks for the link . I do recall a mock up around the time of WG30 for something a bit larger. Must have been the WG31.
Did Wisp and Wideye have WG numbers ?.

[hesham]

Hi,

WG.6 -- 1955 Westminster PV military/civil HLH, 2 x 2,920 shp Napier Eland E.229A
-- Westminster based on licenced Sikorsky S-56 rotors, gearbox, & control system
- WG.6: 1956 Westminster Flying Test Rig (with steel-tube fuselage framework)
- WG.6: [Project] 1955, 40 pax civil transport, 100 mi range, cabin mockup built
-- Westminster civil cabin layout: 8 rows of 5 abreast (luggage racks above)
- WG.6: [Project] 1955, flying crane (under-slung loads/pods & outsized cargo)
-- WH.6 flying crane to lift 15,000 lb load, up to fifty-one troops, or 4 x Jeeps.

Also WG.8 possible a large version of WG.4,project only.

[diginagain]

WG.30: Estate version of Lynx.

Very good.

[Thud_and_Blunder]

I love the reference to the WG13 being the 'refined' version of the WG3. Not a word I would ever have associated with the Lynx during my 2.7 short years on the type.

[diginagain]

Rather depends on how poor the .3 was.

[heshamhh]

Hi,

WG.8 -- [? Project ?] possibly an enlarged version of the WG.4 project [?]
WG.15 - [Project] 197? tilt-wing twin-rotor inter-city airliner

[pants on fire...]

And here was me always thinking that WG stood for Waste of Gas!

[diginagain]

Originally Posted by pants on fire...

And here was me always thinking that WG stood for Waste of Gas!

Westland Garador?

In fairness, the Lynx eventually became the finest small-ship anti-submarine helicopter ever fielded by the British Army.

[heli1]

I don't think Hesham is correct to allocate WG 6 to Westminster studies. The WG system didn't begin until post 1961 and WG 6 was a "Super Scout" project as I recall.
The WG series continued at least up to WG 47 which was one of several studies into a new light attack helicopter .

[Nige321]

Whenever I see 'AW***' I can't help thinking 'Armstrong Whitworth'... :

[Mechta]

Whenever I see 'AW***' I can't help thinking 'Armstrong Whitworth'... :

and whenever I see WG, I think of a hairy-faced cricketer...