Supermarine "Giant"
Type 179 | |
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Role | Transport flying boat Type of aircraft |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | Supermarine |
Status | Cancelled |
The Supermarine Type 179 "Giant" was a British monoplane flying boat developed by Supermarine but cancelled before completion.
Design and development
The Type 179 was an all-metal monoplane flying-boat powered by six Rolls-Royce Buzzard piston engines mounted above the wing.[1] It was to have a crew of seven and room for 40 passengers in a day configuration.[1] The keel was laid down in 1931 and the aircraft was under construction when the project was abandoned in 1932. The aircraft had been registered G-ABLE in April 1931.[1]
Specifications (Type 179 estimated at July 1931)
Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919 - Volume III,[1] Supermarine Aircraft Since 1914[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 7
- Capacity: 40 passengers (day)
- Length: 104 ft 6 in (31.85 m)
- Wingspan: 185 ft (56 m)
- Height: 32 ft (9.8 m)
- Wing area: 4,720 sq ft (439 m2)
- Empty weight: 49,390 lb (22,403 kg)
- Gross weight: 75,090 lb (34,060 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 2,175 imp gal (2,612 US gal; 9,888 L) fuel ; 105 imp gal (126 US gal; 477 L) oil
- Powerplant: 6 × Rolls-Royce H V-12 water-cooled piston engines, 850–900 hp (630–670 kW) each
- (later 6x 1,030 hp (768 kW) Rolls-Royce Buzzard MS)
- Propellers: 4-bladed fixed-pitch propellers
Performance
- Maximum speed: 145 mph (233 km/h, 126 kn) at sea level
- Alighting speed: 72.5 mph (63 kn; 117 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 108.5 mph (174.6 km/h, 94.3 kn)
- Range: 700 mi (1,100 km, 610 nmi) normal
- 1,300 mi (1,130 nmi; 2,092 km) at cruise speed
- Endurance: 12 hours
- Service ceiling: 11,000 ft (3,400 m)
- Rate of climb: 750 ft/min (3.8 m/s) at sea level
See also
Related lists
References
- ^ a b c d Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 - Volume 3. Putnam & Company Ltd. p. 444. ISBN 0-370-10014-X.
- ^ Andrews, C.F.; Morgan, Eric B. (2003). Supermarine Aircraft Since 1914 (2nd Revised ed.). London: Putnam Aeronautical. pp. 315–319.
External links
- Supermarine Type 179 from Avia Deja Vu
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