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Tempest TT Mk.5 (Target Tug) in Detail

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Introduction

1. The Tempest TT Mk.5 is a single seat low wing monoplane with a fully retractable alighting gear, converted from a standard Tempest Mk.5 aircraft for target tug duties; it i
Sabre 2B or 2C engine which drives a Rotol or de Havilland metal, four-bladed variable pitch left-hand tractor propeller. The cockpit has a sliding hood which is moved aft fo
an emergency the hood, and a panel on the starboard side of the cockpit may be jettisoned. The flying controls are of the conventional stick and rudder type; the seat is adj
and the rudder bar for leg reach.

2. The fuselage is of composite construction, the engine mounting and centre fuselage being formed of steel and light-alloy tubes covered with fixed and detachable metal p
rear fuselage, including the tail end with integral fin, is of metal monocoque construction.

3. The stressed-skin cantilever main plane consists of port and starboard wings attached directly to the fuselage; the wing undersurface is horizontal for approximately one-
and the outboard portions rise to form a dihedral angle. The ailerons are of modified Prise tyre with mass-balance and the hydraulically-operated split flaps extend from the
inner ends of the ailerons.

4. The non-adjustable cantilever tail plane comprises two separate, interchangeable half planes bolted to the fuselage sides. The rudder and elevator are mass-balanced. R
elevator tabs are controllable from the cockpit.

5. The alighting gear consists of the two main wheel units which retract inward and slightly backwards into wells between the wing spars, and a tail wheel unit which retracts
fuselage, the operations being effected hydraulically. Mechanical locking and electrical indicating devices are provided, as well as a warning lamp. Each main wheel is carrie
of an oleo-pneumatic shock absorber strut and is fitted with a pneumatically operated brake, actuated by a lever on the control column; the brakes operate, differentially in c
the rudder bar. The tail wheel is fitted with a twin-contact self-earthing tyre and is carried on a fully-castoring, oleo-pneumatic shock absorber strut; the wheel is self-centring
retraction.

6. The main fuel tank is carried in the fuselage just aft of the forward firewall; two further tanks are housed, one in the inner portion of each wing between the main spars; th
nose tank in the leading edge of the part wing forward of the interspar tank.

7, The oil tank is installed in the top of the fuselage, immediately aft of the rear firewall. An annular oil cooler fits into the centre of the coolant radiator which is hung beneath
mounting and is enclosed in a low velocity cowling fitted with a hydraulically operated shutter controlled from the cockpit. A hole in the centre of the coolant radiator allows a
the air intake, the forward end of the hole being provided with an air cleaner controlled by a lever in the cockpit.

8. This aircraft does not carry drop tanks, guns, bombs, rocket projectiles or camera guns although the relevant fixed parts remain embodied in the aircraft. Nos. 3 & 4 part a
are removed and the gun bay heating pipe from the engine is blanked off and the Y piece in the fuselage connecting this pipe to those at the wing root is removed. The port
heating pipe is utilised as a duct for the winch electrical control cables.

9. A target which may be winged or a low drag sleeve type, is towed from a type G winch fitted to the undersurface of the port wing; the cable running inboard to a cable cut
the underside of the fuselage below the cockpit and then trailing rearwards. To counteract the drag of the target and winch, the starboard wing is ballasted with an empty dro
dummy bomb although at a later date this ballast may take the form of a container, from which a sleeve target could be streamed after the aircraft is airborne. The tail end o
protected from the towing cable by a guard in the form of a tensioned cable both ends of which are attached at the top of the fin and the remainder, located in the three pulle
tip of the tail plane, and the other on a syring loaded post attached to the fuselage just forward of the tail wheel doors. The aircraft carries approximately 6,000 ft. of cable, a
from the windmill driven winch fitted to the wing by bolts which pick up with the standard bomb carrier attachment points; the gap between the winch and the skin being sea
fairings.

To prevent fouling the tail wheel during take off, the cable is located in a spring clip mounted on the starboard side of the tail wheel strut and when airborne the cable is auto
from the clip. In an emergency the trailing cable and target are quickly detached from the aircraft by means of the cable cutter which is controlled from the cockpit. Normal re
target prior to landing is effected automatically by a quick release mechanism on the cable just forward of the target, coming into contact with a shock absorber fitted to the c
shock absorber is fitted to stall the winch after release of the target. The winch is controlled electrically by switches mounted on an auxiliary instrument panel fitted aft of the
panel is fitted with red-lighting for use during bad light. "Pay-out" and "reel-in" speeds are controlable and a footage indicator and windmill speed indicator are also fitted.

10. The radio installation, carried behind the pilot, includes standard transmitter receiver, beam approach, and I.F.F. installation. A retractable landing lamp, controlled from t
fitted to the undersurface of the port wing; a first-aid outfit is stored on the inner face of the radio access panel. An engine driven generator supplies all the electrical service
bottle is carried on the part side of the fuselage immediately aft of the pilot's scat.

Source:

A.P.2458E Tempest TT Mk.5 Vol. 1

Thanks to Erwin Wiedmer, www.deutscheluftwaffe.de

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