Whenever I look at that plane, no matter the setting or the angle, I feel like it's on the verge of stalling

This plane looks incredibly like something from Thunderbirds or something else from Gerry Anderson

I watched this several times before I noticed, 0:23, The little waggle of the engine nacelles. I wondered what it was, then I realized that it was what a pilot of this aircraft would do to check for rudder function. Well done HazeGray!

Always a delight to see the latest from this talented artist. Sir Barnes was a genius in every sense of the word - I only wish that the goverment had funded him to further develop his projects !

Awesome cockpit design, the tornado had similar swing-wingpods, that extreme wing-sweep good for hypersonic design.

Engines needed for control, and likely a single engine failure at critical time would result in a break up in flight just from the asymmetry in thrust. Plus all those engine mounts that not only have ot take full thrust, but also any expected overloads from flight conditions as well, and raising and lowering the crew cabin with all the associated cabling and controls as well.

No way they could have ever made those flimsy little connections between wings and engines stable enough to handle all the different loads in all regimes of flight!

"Wave Drag? What in the bloody hell is 'wave drag'?" - Some engineer at Vickers-Armstrongs

Awesome. Having the wings fold back for taxiing was a nice touch. The pivoting engines were the Swallow's defining feature, though I doubt they'd have worked in practice. If it had been built, I imagine they'd have placed the engines inside the wing like the Valiant, Vulcan and Victor.

This is just one of those 60s pipedream projects where you look at it and think with your modern understanding "That ain't gonna work like that! Too flimsy, too heavy, too complicated!". 😁😎😇

I definitely can see how concept designs like this one infused the work model-maker Derick Meddings did for tv shows like "The Thunderbirds" etc. The "future" then looked much different than the future ended up being - certainly the aircraft were more adventurous in their configurations!

I love how you transitioned from military to civilian airliner flying. Such vision.

Well that's a new one for me. Beautiful plane. I like how the flight deck drops. Excellent animation as always.

As always, you've done amazing work. This happens to be my introduction to the Swallow.

The variable-geometry cockpit is certainly an interesting idea. I mean, the Concord had a variable-geometry nose that also affected the cockpit's aerodynamics, but this seems rather different, mechanically.

Thunderbirds Are Go! That thing always reminds me of that series...

I couldn't look at the runway and background and NOT think "Thunderbirds are Go!" :)

Beautiful work. I enjoy all of your creations. TVC on all 4 engines mounted that far next to wing tip is super cool.. Start fighter vibes

Here's an idea for you: there were various schemes afoot to launch things from a Vulcan bomber. One was a 'flight corridor research vehicle' that was essentially a British X-15, derived from a Blue Steel missile with a cockpit instead of a warhead. The other was the Avro X.24: a very doable looking small-sat launching multi-stage rocket that could fit semi-recessed in the Vulcan's bomb bay.

Thunderbird is a go!

Always love your videos! Very nice work playing around with the stereo audio there haha, adds another depth of immersion when using headphones.

That looks so Thunderbirds'esqu!

Amazing graphics, thank you for sharing this with us.

Nice animation 👍🏻

Wow...that profile at 2:21 was sweeeet!! That BOOM once the wings go into the 'swept' delta configuration...awesome!😝

A very accomplished video. What an elegant aircraft.

Wow. I've never heard of this concept before.

I think I found a new favorite aircraft company!!!! This company made all tyope of amazing military equiptment buts aircraft are stunning

I must say, that pop-up cockpit is an interesting way to get visibility past the nose.

Amazing animation. Keep up the good work.

Great stuff as always! :D

Thunderbirds are GO! - that's the first thing that comes to my mind

Stunning bird !! The movable cockpit ist impressive !!

It has a strong Thunderbirds vibe.

oh i would like to fly this in msfs2020. as always great work!

You should post some clearer still renders of this thing somewhere - register on Artstation? And maybe texture the military model in RAF anti-flash white, that was the trend in the V-bombers.

Every time I see an aircraft with the engines that far outboard the first thing I think of is an engine/s out emergency.

First time I've heard about this. It's giving me Fireflash vibes. Great video 👍

I suspect that if you could see the crew they'd have very fine wires operating their limbs.

Smooth............and demands Respect.👍❤️

Makes me think of the series Thunderbirds!

Well done!

Nice render of Gatwick too 👌

Wonderful realisation - but far too many fiddly bits to go wrong! I love the way it transitioned from military to civil use in mid-flight - had to watch that several times!

great animation

It has a very Star Wars like design!

Beautiful... makes me feel like I'm watching an episode of Thunderbirds... 😀

One crossing and you're picking up engine pieces on the runway. Beautiful video as always though

Very asymmetrical thrust--any engine problem on takeoff or landing (bird ingestion for instance or losing some fan blades) and you lose the aircraft and all its passengers. Easy to see why it died on the drawing board!

The Swallow? This had some impact on Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Stumbled across this weird thing a couple years ago. Surprised to see it here now

Pretty cool how the tiger changed its stripes.

AMAZINGNES!!!

The cammo's an odd choice. Brown/green was the WWII bomber colour scheme, but soon after the war, the RAF transitioned to dark grey/dark green, either wraparound (top and bottom) or with a light grey underside. Look at a later Vulcan or Victor to get the idea.

Brilliant video really enjoyed it. You should do one of project Y from Avro Canada it would be super to see one of them fly. It might be a bit out of your ball park though?

how would the engines sustain the forces involved with high speed flight? how would the fuel get to the engines? its one thing to do a 3d model from a concept drawing, but there is no engineering involved in my opinion. that thing would loose its pods as soon as it's in the air.

A pop up cockpit for take off and landing - interesting!

Forget asymmetrical thrust, that thing would tip back on the taxiway with its wings back!

Unfortunately, although Barnes Wallis had shown great genius earlier in his career, this was the prime example of him going beyond his limits and everybody knew it, even at the time. Wallis had his own design section at Vickers, separate from the mainstream drawing office, and although this was officially because he was working on 'advanced' projects, the speculation was that the real purpose was to keep him out of the way of the guys doing the practical work. he was right about the utility of swing wings, but in every other respect, the Swallow was not an impressive design. BW couldn't get UK government funding to have it wind-tunnel tested, so Vickers struck a deal with NASA to put it in their supersonic wind tunnel. The resultant report was highly critical, finding that the engines needed to be in the fuselage and that the aircraft needed both a tailplane and a fin in order to be safe. Typically Barnes Wallis rejected all of this out of hand, but nobody was going to fund it on the back of a report like that, so it died a death, and not before time. It wasn't a total waste of effort though: NASA's work did confirm the basic utility of the swing-wing concept, and the work they started on this was the genesis of the work that led to the F-111.

Definitely the Rule of Cool wins out on this one

Would be extremely challenging to land that thing, also I don't think there would be a reason to limit the wings to close only to that extent once in the ground

What about lateral stability? It kooks like it is missing a tailplane. How would it compensate for asymmetric thrust in case of an engine failure.

Having the entire cockpit raise for slow speeds is brilliantly bonkers

Im sure this was designed by barnes wallis and it was designed too be a high speed bomber im pretty sure

Cool video, way better than I can do. I think it is a lot of moving parts. Perhaps a cranked arrow design?

So, are these models available in Flight Sim?

Since it was the same era as the V-Bombers (Vulcan, Victor and Valiant), I would have thought that it would have carried the sane colour scheme: Initially Anti-Flash White, later dark green over grey

_NICE...._

it had a lot of weight on the wingtips. And because of weight placed so distant from the pivot of the variable wings, I suppose mechanics in that part (pivot area) were stressed a lot.

Another sick vid. Any interest in animating Operation Black Buck? Two awesome airframes in one mission.

That plane is giving me proper Jerry Anderson, thunderbirds, Captain scarlet vibes. Anyone else?

This is real, it only needs money, resources and love

Not a single comment on how this looks like a U-Wing from Star Wars? I am disappoint.

I need to make this in KSP

that transition tho

Reminds me a old cartoon, space pirates

I would rather have engines mounted on the "shoulder" area of the delta wings so engine loads are exactly where they should be at, like jet fighters and some SSTs such as Concorde, so there's no undue mechanical stresses needed to be worried about. Boeing at least did it correctly with the 2707 SST while keeping the handy variable geometry wings to allow for efficient subsonic and supersonic flight.

great viewing - id like to see a version with a bird strike & engine injection, runway FOD, engine fire/flame out or stall during any of the flight regimes, most notably takeoff or landing

As long as one engine doesnt fail everything will be fine

Pero ya observando bien el Vídeo es una nave novedosa un buen. Avanse tegnolojia

That thing is straight out of E.P Jacobs Blake & Mortimer comics. Philip Mortimer could have designed that thing as a worthy successor to his "Espadon".

credit goes to the brits for the weirdest looking jet bombers

I can't help seeing the F-111 Aardvark in this wing design.

How about the MBB Lampyridae? It's a west German stealth fighter that was canceled in 1987

Looks like a sleek x-wing fighter head on.

That's ballsy

3:42 Strange cockpit that causes IMO a big drag.

I will admit that part of me wonders how that would look with a SR-71's blended chine.

How on earth would it prevent a torque stall?!

Had to rewind to see that the engines did in fact swivel around.

Gorgeous of course, especially the initial airfield shots. And the plane looks terrific. And the sound, and the sweep... But I have to call BS on those flimsy engine connections to the wing - no way. Those mounts have to transmit thrust and load, fuel, and control cabling - I do not buy it. But wow the takeoff and landing!

Is this an episode of 'Thunderbirds'??

Id like this in msfs it be nice

I have see this plane before watch this on another video and another video says this is a nuclear bomber

The wing connection for the engines looks like it'll snap at 10 knots

It looks like its chronically lacking in control surfaces, how does it control pitch?

Imagine a situation with both engines failure on one side

You should team up with a modder to put this Bad Boy in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

2:31-2:40 magic 😗😎😲👍👍👍

У британии всегда был свой взгляд на проектирование техники начиная от штурмовых винтовок заканчивая вертолетами и вот концептами. Сон разума рождает чудовищ.