Miles Hawcon

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M.6 Hawcon
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Type: Experimental airplane
Design country:

United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom

Manufacturer:

Miles Aircraft

First flight:

1935

Number of pieces:

1

The Miles M.6 Hawcon was a small aircraft produced by the British manufacturer Miles Aircraft . The name is a suitcase word from the English words Hawk and Falcon.

development and construction

The M.6 Hawcon was an experimental one-off designed by the Royal Aircraft Establishment for the exploration of thick wings . They consisted of a combination of parts from the Hawk and the Falcon and were powered by a de Havilland Gipsy Six with a rated power of 200  hp (147  kW ).

commitment

The aircraft with serial number K5925 was used by the Royal Aircraft Establishment for research into thick wings. It had four sets of interchangeable wings of different thicknesses. The aim was to determine the performance degradation of thicker wings, as these offer structural advantages such as lower weight with the same stability and more space for fuel and other equipment.

The four wings, labeled A through D, had aspect ratios of 0.15, 0.20, 0.25, and 0.30. The tests showed that the thickness of the wings had little influence on the top speed. The B wing was approximately 5  mph (8  km / h ) faster than the A wing, a reduction of less than three percent. The values ​​of the other two wings were in between. The values ​​given below refer to the D wing.

operator

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Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 2
length 25  ft (7.6  m )
span 39.41 ft (12 m)
height 6.5 ft (2 m)
Wing area 161  ft² (15  m² )
Empty mass 1,550  lb (703  kg )
Max. Takeoff mass 2,400 lb (1,089 kg)
Top speed 180  mph (290  km / h )
Engines 1 × piston engine de Havilland Gipsy Six with 200  PS (147  kW )

literature

  • Peter Amos, Don Lambert Brown: Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1 . Putnam Aeronautical, London 2000, ISBN 0-85177-787-2 (English).
  • Don Lambert Brown: Miles Aircraft Since 1925 . Putnam & Company Ltd., London 1970, ISBN 0-370-00127-3 (English).
  • AJ Jackson: British Civil Aircraft since 1919 . Putnam, London 1974, ISBN 0-370-10014-X (English).
  • AJ Jackson: British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3 . Putnam, London 1988, ISBN 0-85177-818-6 (English).
  • AH Lukins, DA Russell: The book of Miles aircraft . Harborough, Leicester 1945 (English).
  • John P. Fielding: Introduction to Aircraft Design . Cambridge University Press , Cambridge 1999, ISBN 0-521-44319-9 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ AH Lukins, DA Russell: The book of Miles aircraft . Harborough, Leicester 1945, p. 36.37 (English).