Beagle B.206

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Beagle B.206
Beagle B.206
Type: Liaison aircraft
Design country:

Great Britain

Manufacturer:

Beagle Aircraft

First flight:

August 15, 1961

Commissioning:

May 1965

Production time:

1961 to 1969

Number of pieces:

85

The Beagle B.206 is a light twin-engine propeller plane made by the British manufacturer Beagle Aircraft in the 1960s. The military version was named Beagle Basset CC.1 .

history

The Beagle B.206 is based on the Bristol 220 , an abandoned project from the 1950s. The design work began in 1960. On August 15, 1961, the prototype B.206X (registration G-ARRM) completed its maiden flight . The all-metal aircraft , designed as a low- wing aircraft , had five seats and was powered by two Continental IO470 boxer engines with 195 kW each. The prototype was smaller than the series machines and only had a wingspan of 11.58 m and a takeoff weight of 2862 kg.

The second prototype B.206Y (registration G-ARXM) was designed for seven people. The first flight of this machine, which had two GIO-470 engines with 230 kW, took place on August 12, 1962. The prototype was lost on May 25, 1964 in an aircraft accident.

Then two pre-production models were ordered from the Ministry of Aviation and delivered to the Airplane and Armament Experimental Establishment . The B.206Z1 (registration number XS742) was built in Shoreham-by-Sea and first flew on January 24, 1964. The B.206Z2 (registration number XS743) was manufactured in Rearsby and took off on its first flight on February 20. The wing was made by Boulton Paul . This version served as a prototype for the B.206 Series 1 (also B.206R). 20 aircraft were sold as Beagle Basset CC.1 to the Royal Air Force as a transport and liaison aircraft and delivered from May 1965 after the first flight on December 24, 1964. The cabin door on these machines was accessible via the wing. Another eleven machines went to civilian customers.

The prototype of the more powerfully motorized Series 2 made its maiden flight on June 23, 1965. This version had GTSIO520 engines and was additionally equipped with a door behind the wings, which made it easier to get in and out and load. The 47 machines built were used, among other things, as an air taxi and as a transport aircraft. Two models were sold to the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Australia .

The last version was the Series 3 with a stretched fuselage and ten passenger seats, of which only 3 were built. After that, production of the B.206 ended in favor of the more successful Beagle B.121 . By 1969, 85 B.206 had been built.

Technical data (B.206 Series 2)

Parameter Data
crew 1-2
Passengers 6th
span 13.96 m
length 10.26 m
height 3.45 m
Wing area 19.88 m²
Empty mass 2177 kg
Takeoff mass 3401 kg
Top speed 415 km / h
Service ceiling 8260 m
Range 2575 km
Engines two Rolls Royce Continental GTSIO-520-C boxer engines with 254 kW each

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