Avro Lancaster - The Fuselage
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- Here, we shall look at the Avro Lancaster Bomber’s Fuselage. We shall look at wartime diagrams and photographs. We shall refer to extracts from the wartime Air Ministry manuals.
So sit back, as we take you on a tour of the Lancaster’s Fuselage Assembly, as we embark on a journey aimed at promoting UK Aviation Heritage.
Textual extracts from Air Ministry Air Publications are Crown Copyright and transcribed with the kind permission of the National Archives, London. All colour diagrams are based on original Air Ministry Air Publications mono illustrations and transcribed into colour by Bryan Atkinson with the permission of the National Archives, London.
Thanks must also be given to the following superb organisations for their kind support when Bryan Atkinson originally developed The Lancaster Explored PC CD-ROM back in 2004, all are listed below and are included once again in this series of videos.
Lancaster B.Mk.I, PA474. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Lancaster B.Mk.I, R5868. Royal Air Force Museum, London.
Lancaster B. Mk.III, DV372. Imperial War Museum.
Lancaster B.Mk.X, KB889. Imperial War Museum, Duxford.
Lancaster B.Mk.VII, NX611. Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre.
The Norman Groom & Jeremy Hall Lancaster Nose Sections.
The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust.
The National Archives, London.
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Table of Contents:
00:00 - Introduction
00:33 - General Description of the Fuselage
01:44 - Fuselage Construction
02:59 - The Nose Portion
04:40 - The Front Centre Portion
07:28 - The Intermediate Centre Portion
09:09 - The Rear Centre Portion
11:09 - The Rear Fuselage
13:00 - The Bomb Doors
14:53 - The Canopy
15:39 - The Pilot's Seat
16:17 - Seat Armour
16:30 - Flight Engineer's Seat
17:28 - The Navigator's Seat
17:57 - The Wireless Operator's Seat
18:24 - The Rest Seat
19:19 - The Navigator's Table
20:41 - Thanks for Watching
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Perfect!!!!many thanks and greetings from germany
Thank you! Cheers!
All this design detail was done by draughtsman manually without the benefits of computers. The design coordination was incredible improved as flight hours increase. Fascinating
I totally agree, and one reason I love recreating wartime diagrams in colour - as a salute to their hard and detailed work. Thanks so much for watching
Absolutely fascinating! Truly appreciate how you’ve brought history to life, and the level of detail you provide. Not sure if there’s any other source as detailed as this. Thank you for all you do to preserve the history of such important - and beautiful - aircraft.
Wow, thank you so much for your kind words
Fascinating, Bryan. Thankyou for posting this and keep up the good work!
Thanks, will do!
The level of detail you provide is quite amazing. I really like how you combine the drawings, photographs, and schematics to provide an excellent orientation. Cheers from us colonials across the pond!
Thank you so much 😀
@@ukaircraftexplored6556 You are very welcome!
Preserving history in exquisite and unique detail. The wonderful visuals are accompanied by the well-researched narration. What a pleasure to see this historic aircraft brought into focus again in both human and engineering terms. Must have been lots of work. Thanks so much.
Thanks, Paul, your words are very much appreciated. Yes, each video takes a great deal of work, but it's well worth the effort I put in to help to promote UK Aviation History and provide my video studies for my much-appreciated viewers, such as yourself. Thanks for watching!
3:45 - Curious why you didn't go further into detail about that parachute door on the floor of the nose section - this was supposedly just a tad too small for a heavily outfitted bomber crew member wearing a parachute to get out easily from this forward part of the Lancaster. As a result, the Lancaster had one of the worst crew bail out survival rates of any Allied bomber during the war - only 15% of crew who bailed out of a Lancaster bomber survived.
The design of the central bomb compartment, where the bomb bay is closed off with a floor to the cabin also made it impossible for the crew to bail out from the bomb bay compartment, unlike US bombers like the B-17 and B-24, where the bomb compartment is open to the rest of the fuselage interior. Crew could always jump out of an open bomb bay in US bombers.
For the rear crew, the main entrance door was right in front of the rear tail section, so trying to bail out from that side door would require not get swept into and smashed against the rear tail secion.
Thanks for watching. The Nose Parachute exit is covered in my video 'Emergency Procedures'.
Another super insight into this aircraft
Thanks for watching
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You must spend much time working to perfect those wonderful drawings of detail. Enjoyed all your videos. Thank you for producing them for us to watch
Hello! This is stellar work, I wanted to sincerely thank you for taking the time to go through these aircraft in this detailed yet concise fashion. I also have a request: would you have access to documents about the Lancaster's Cg location and moment calculations with different load-outs and options, if applicable. This would help immensely on a project.
Sorry, for my late reply. Yes, I have 4 Loading and CG Diagrams. Please sent me an e-mail and I'll scan them for you.
Thank you and really interesting content
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice one Bryan
Thanks Dave 👍
Its interesting that despite being a metal aircraft, it’s construction still had a lot of wood. For example the canopy frame and the rear gun turret doors
Yes, wood certainly played its part
Anything that consists of five sections and can be disassembled for transport because it is bolted together is not of "monocoque construction". It is òf the exact opposite. Component construction.
great video, I am always amazed that the flight engineers seat does not have a backrest,must have been very uncomfortable ,considering the duration of the flights
Thanks for watching!
How big was the camera window? I never knew it existed, I want to add it on a model Lancaster, I need to know the size though, it’s not a problem if not available though
The Lancaster was fitted with the F.24 Camera as standard for target photography. I will be creating a video covering the F.24 camera later on. As to the diameter of the lens window, it could be around 14" plus. But I'm not sure on this. I hope this helps and thanks for watching.
@@ukaircraftexplored6556 thank you 👍 take care
I have never seen another picture of the 'armoured bulkhead with doors' at frame 7. Can you confirm this was a standard fitment on wartime aircraft?
It was a fitment on some Lancasters and is described in the AP manuals of the period. I personally photographed the door in the Lancaster B Mk.X at Duxford. I haven't seen it fitted in any other UK based examples. Thanks for watching.
Hi there was there a white avro lancaster bomber. As I fly RC planes and im looking at building a large lancaster and want to do something different from the normal camo. If you could help with any details
Did only pathfinders use the Hs2 radar? I think that is the system with the dome on the underside of the fuselage? I saw PO S, S for sugar in RAF Hendon the other day, and it had that dome on her underside, I think it’s the Hs2, but I’m not sure if it was only pathfinders that used it
Nice video by the way, keep up the good work 👍
H2S was the first airborne, ground scanning radar system, developed for Bomber Command and could be fitted to most UK bomber aircraft and used to identify targets on the ground for night bombing. It was not just fitted to Pathfinder aircraft. I shall be creating a video covering the development of H2S radar later on.
@@ukaircraftexplored6556 ah right, I read it could be detected by night fighters, Where as Oboe and The previous system (I cant remember its name) Elsie or something like that, I don’t think could be, at least I think, it didn’t say they could in the book
Why is it painted that shade of green? Surely it would have been cheaper just to leave the interior as bare metal ?
It was standard Air Ministry practice to paint RAF aircraft with a grey green paint. The colour was used as it was thought to reduce glare and eye strain. Thanks for watching.
Corrosion prevention??
But where is the loo?
Just forward of the Tail Plane Spar. View my video covering Ground Crew Tasks to see how the Elsan Toilet was serviced.