BAC Concorde Bomber (Bombcorde)

The BAC Concorde bomber was the RAF's planned principal strategic bomber. It was based on the Concorde supersonic airliner.

Genesis:

During the late 1960's the RAF had come to decision that the V force would have to be redeployed into a low level role. However the air staff issued a new requirement for a new supersonic bomber with trans continental range to fulfill the world spanning role still envisioned by UK planners. B.A.C. looked at the proposal and came back with a bomber version of their new Anglo French airliner, Concorde. The design ended up never leaving the drawing board, it like it's airline counterpart would only be a part of history in aviation.

General characteristics:

Crew: 3 (2 Pilots and a flight engineer)
Length: 202 ft 4 in (61.66 m)
Wingspan: 84 ft 0 in (25.6 m)
Height: 40 ft 0 in (12.2 m)
Fuselage internal length: 129 ft 0 in (39.32 m)
Fuselage width: maximum of 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) external 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) internal
Fuselage height: maximum of 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) external 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) internal)
Wing area: 3,856 ft2 (358.25 m2)
Empty weight: 173,500 lb (78,700 kg)
Useful load: 245,000 lb (111,130 kg)
Powerplant: 4 × Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 Mk 610 afterburning turbojets
Dry thrust: 32,000 lbf (140 kN) each
Thrust with afterburner: 38,050 lbf (169 kN) each
Maximum fuel load: 210,940 lb (95,680 kg)
Maximum taxiing weight: 412,000 lb (187,000 kg)

Performance:

Maximum speed: Mach 2.04 (≈1,354 mph, 2,179 km/h) at cruise altitude
Cruise speed: Mach 2.02 (≈1,340 mph, 2,158 km/h) at cruise altitude
Range: 3,900 nmi (4,500 mi, 7,250 km)
Service ceiling: 60,000 ft (18,300 m)
Rate of climb: 5,000 ft/min (25.41 m/s)
lift-to-drag: Low speed– 3.94, Approach– 4.35, 250 kn, 10,000 ft– 9.27, Mach 0.94– 11.47, Mach 2.04– 7.14
Fuel consumption: 46.85 lb/mi (13.2 kg/km) operating for maximum range
Thrust/weight: 0.373
Maximum nose tip temperature: 260 °F (127 °C)