>> Its this thinking that had it 10 years late and billions of pounds over cost.
>> A gas turbine is not a gas turbine. The location of the engine requires exclusive
>> use of the Rolls-Royce BR710, an expensive power plant built in small numbers
the engines weren't delayed they were built on time. The maker or design of the engines wasn't a problem nor was the location. The 700 series has been built in pretty large numbers.
>> If you were to design long range maritime patrol or ASUW you would design based
>> round a turbo prop. The design of the Nimrod is the way it is because
>> the use of the comet was forced upon the builders. It was a bad choice.
>> It was a bad choice 60 years ago and it still is.
>>
Why would you built it around a turbo prop, they can do the job and are good at it. But don't pretend that there is some inheirted fault with using nimrod, it is an excellent, and would have been, multi role a/c. What marks turboprop a/c out as a better design than the nimrod?
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