Post by nmlw on May 10, 2019 18:02:42 GMT -5
Bristol Brabazon 1, The Only One of its Kind
The Brabazon 1 on a short test flight from Bristol and return.
Aircraft model, textures and forward by Jens B. Kristensen.
“This huge and good-looking aircraft was planned as a transatlantic airliner for BOAC. It was powered by eight Bristol Centaurus radial engines, and flew for the first time in 1949.
The Brabazon was unable to compete with aircraft like the Douglas DC-6/7 and the Lockheed Constellation, so only one prototype G-AGPW was built. It was broken up after three years of flight testing.”
General characteristics from Wikipedia:
• Crew: 6–12
• Capacity: 100 passengers
• Length: 177 ft (54.0 m)
• Wingspan: 230 ft (70 m)
• Height: 50 ft (15 m)
• Wing area: 5,317 ft² (494.0 m²)
• Airfoil: Root T.P.4 (mod) Tip T.P.5
• Empty weight: 145,100 lb (65,820 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 290,000 lb (130,000 kg)
• Fuel capacity: 13,650 Imp gal (61,971 L)
• Powerplant: 8 × Bristol Centaurus radial engines, 2,650 hp (1,860 kW) each
• Propellers: paired contra-rotating Rotol, three wooden blades
o Propeller diameter: 16 ft (4.9 m)
Performance
• Maximum speed: 300 mph (260 kn, 480 km/h) at 25,000 ft
• Cruise speed: 250 mph (220 kn, 400 km/h) at 25,000 ft
• Range: 5,500 mi (4,800 nmi, 8,900 km) at 250 mph and 25,000 ft
• Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,600 m) at full weight
• Rate of climb: 750 ft/min (3.8 m/s) at sea level
• Max. wing loading: 54 lb/ft² (270 kg/m²)
• Minimum power/mass: 0.073 hp/lb (120 W/kg)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-AZRtI366w
The Brabazon 1 on a short test flight from Bristol and return.
Aircraft model, textures and forward by Jens B. Kristensen.
“This huge and good-looking aircraft was planned as a transatlantic airliner for BOAC. It was powered by eight Bristol Centaurus radial engines, and flew for the first time in 1949.
The Brabazon was unable to compete with aircraft like the Douglas DC-6/7 and the Lockheed Constellation, so only one prototype G-AGPW was built. It was broken up after three years of flight testing.”
General characteristics from Wikipedia:
• Crew: 6–12
• Capacity: 100 passengers
• Length: 177 ft (54.0 m)
• Wingspan: 230 ft (70 m)
• Height: 50 ft (15 m)
• Wing area: 5,317 ft² (494.0 m²)
• Airfoil: Root T.P.4 (mod) Tip T.P.5
• Empty weight: 145,100 lb (65,820 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 290,000 lb (130,000 kg)
• Fuel capacity: 13,650 Imp gal (61,971 L)
• Powerplant: 8 × Bristol Centaurus radial engines, 2,650 hp (1,860 kW) each
• Propellers: paired contra-rotating Rotol, three wooden blades
o Propeller diameter: 16 ft (4.9 m)
Performance
• Maximum speed: 300 mph (260 kn, 480 km/h) at 25,000 ft
• Cruise speed: 250 mph (220 kn, 400 km/h) at 25,000 ft
• Range: 5,500 mi (4,800 nmi, 8,900 km) at 250 mph and 25,000 ft
• Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,600 m) at full weight
• Rate of climb: 750 ft/min (3.8 m/s) at sea level
• Max. wing loading: 54 lb/ft² (270 kg/m²)
• Minimum power/mass: 0.073 hp/lb (120 W/kg)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-AZRtI366w
