Percival Petrel

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Percival Q.6 Petrel
Percival Petrel
Type: light transport aircraft
Design country:

United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom

Manufacturer:

Percival Aircraft Co

First flight:

September 14, 1937

Commissioning:

1938

Number of pieces:

27

The Percival Petrel was a light transport and liaison aircraft of the British manufacturer Percival Aircraft Co .

History and construction

The Percival Q was Percival's first twin-engine aircraft. It was built of wood, planked with plywood and covered with fabric. It was designed as a low-wing aircraft and had a non-retractable, disguised main landing gear and a fixed tail wheel. Four machines were equipped with retractable landing gear. Percival developed two versions: the Q.4, a four-seat VIP transporter and the Q.6, a six-seat feeder aircraft. The Q.4 was not built. The prototype of the Q.6 with the registration G-AEYE first flew on September 14, 1937 from Luton Airport. Production began in 1938 and the first production aircraft was delivered on March 2, 1938. The Royal Air Force ordered seven aircraft as liaison aircraft. Some machines were exported.

Originally the Percival Q.6 was intended for civil aviation, but during World War II all civil aircraft in Great Britain were confiscated and used as liaison aircraft by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy . used.

variants

  • Q.4: four-seat civil VIP transporter - not built
  • Q.6: six-seat feeder aircraft
  • Petrel: six-seat military liaison aircraft, seven built.

Military use

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 2
Passengers 4 or 6
length 9.83 m
span 14.22 m
height 2.97 m
Wing area 25.83 m²
Empty mass 1588 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 2495 kg
Cruising speed 282 km / h
Top speed 314 km / h
Service ceiling 6400 m
Range 1207 km
Engines 2 × de Havilland Gipsy Six with 153 kW each

See also

literature

  • Ken Ellis: Wrecks & Relics. Midland Publishing, Hinckley 2006, ISBN 1-85780-235-7 .
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing, London 1985.
  • AJ Jackson: British Civil Aircraft Since 1919, Volume 3. Putnam, London 1974, ISBN 978-0-370-10014-2 .

Web links

Commons : Percival Petrel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b The Hamlyn Concise Guide to British Aircraft of World War II. Chancellor Press, London 1994, ISBN 1-85152-668-4 .
  2. Percival Q.6 Petrel performance and specifications. Retrieved May 2, 2020 .