On 30/03/2012 06:11, Alan Erskine wrote:
On 30/03/2012 12:39 AM, Ken Murphy wrote:
On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:53:32 +1100, Alan Erskine
wrote:



Why the hump?

The hump is a fairing over a long range saddle-back fuel tank,
proposed to enable them to reach Japan with the Tiger Force.

Ken

I would have had extended landing gear and put the tank under the
fuselage rather than do this.


I think there would then have been the danger of a long stalky
undercarriage perhaps like the Stirling, with all the attendant problems
of collapse that occurred with them. That hump certainly would've
impaired the visibility on the Lancaster.


Syke