McDonnell MD220

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 30 Apr 2006, 20:53

Well I suppose it's a classic based on age, even if only one was built.

Mike Stone's latest offering: the McDonnell MD220

igorski · Post by **igorski** » 30 Apr 2006, 20:58

I quite like this one, the quality / complexity is what we expect from Mike, and for anyone wanting any fictional liverys, I've got a layered reapint kit with a few more panel lines than Mikes, based on a photo I found of it with no paint on!!

britishtourer · Post by **britishtourer** » 01 May 2006, 08:33

Hmmm, certainly an interesting plane, although, in my opinion, rather ugly.

Does it really need 4 engines!?

igorski · Post by **igorski** » 01 May 2006, 09:43

It was in competition with the Jetstar, also a 4 engine design. Maybe it was in the specs.

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 01 May 2006, 09:57

The prototype Jetstars only had 2 engines. This was changed to 4 with the non-development of the original engine.

Seems to have been a lack of sufficiently powerful engines that resulted in both designs ending up with 4 engines.

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 01 May 2006, 10:12

The Westinghouse j34 only produced 3500# thrust so given the weight of the McD220 2 engines would have made it a little underpowered. BTW
McDonell and the J34 had a history - they had been used in the Goblin and the Banshee so McD engineers were familar with the engine - as far as the Jetstar goes can someone confirm that at one point Lockheed actually considered putting a pair of avons on it???

Leif

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 01 May 2006, 12:10

According to my source (Lockheed aircraft by RJ Francillon), the intention was to use 2 x Bristol Orpheus built under licence as the Wright TJ37. The production of the TJ37 did not happen.

Only the two protoypes were powered by the Orpheus.

Ian

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 01 May 2006, 13:16

Ta Ian

Leif