Percival Prince
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| Type: | Transport plane |
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| First flight: |
May 13, 1948 |
| Number of pieces: |
75 |
The Percival Prince was a light transport aircraft of the early post-war period of the British manufacturer Percival Aircraft Co .
History and construction
The aircraft was designed as a cantilever twin-engine high-wing aircraft and was clad with metal. It also had a fully retractable three-point landing gear with a nose wheel. The construction was based on the Percival Merganser. Further developments of the type were the survey aircraft Survey Prince and the Sea Prince . An improved version of the Prince 3 with a larger wingspan and more powerful propulsion and landing gear modifications was built for the Royal Air Force as Percival Pembroke .
The Sea Prince were land aircraft and not suitable for use on aircraft carriers. They were used in two roles: in the T.Mk.1 version it served as a navigation and submarine fighter training aircraft and as a C.Mk. 1 and 2 as transporters. The machines were operated from 1954 to 1972 - as a navigation trainer until 1978 - then they were replaced by the Handley Page Jetstream .
The Prince was also produced in six versions for the civilian market.
variants
- P.50 Prince 1 - prototype built based on the Percival Merganser with modified tail unit and landing gear and powered by two 520 HP radial engines Alvis Leonides 501/4 , 1
- P. 50 Prince 2 - Prince 1 with sloping windscreen and reinforced main spar, 5 built
- P. 50 Prince 3 - Prince 2 with Alvis Leonides 502/4 engines and an extended bow on some aircraft, 12 built
- P.50 Prince 4 - converted to Alvis Leonides 503 engines, 10 rebuilt
- P. 50 Prince 5 - original name of the Percival President
- P.50 Prince 6 - converted to Alvis Leonides 504 engines
- P.54 Survey Prince - Prince 2 with extended transparent bow and camera hatches, 6 built
- P.57 Sea Prince C1 - Prince 2 for the Royal Navy , 3 built.
- P.57 Sea Prince T1 - Prince 3 with radar in the extended bow, twin-tire main landing gear and extended engine nacelles, for navigation and submarine hunting training, 41 built
- P.57 Sea Prince C2 - Transport version of the Sea Prince T1, 4 built
Military use
Technical data (Sea Prince T.1)
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | 2 |
| Passengers | 3 students |
| length | 14.13 m |
| span | 17.07 m |
| height | 4.90 m |
| Wing area | 33.90 m² |
| Empty mass | 4023 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 5386 kg |
| Cruising speed | 294 km / h |
| Top speed | 359 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 6706 m |
| Range | 740 km |
| Engines | 2 × Alvis Leonides radial engines with 411 kW each |
See also
literature
- AJ Jackson: British Civil Aircraft 1919-1972: Volume III. Putnam, London 1988, ISBN 0-85177-818-6 .
- Owen Thetford: British Naval Aircraft since 1912. Putnam, London 1978, ISBN 0-370-30021-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ British Naval Aircraft since 1912. Thetford 1978, p. 251.