Skandinaviska Aero BHT-1 Beauty

BHT-1 Beauty
Role Single-seat light monoplane
National origin Sweden
Manufacturer Skandinaviska Aero
Designer E. Bratt, K.E. Hilfing and B.Törnblom
First flight 4 December 1944
Number built 1


The Skandinaviska Aero BHT-1 Beauty is a 1940s Swedish single-seat light monoplane designed by E. Bratt, K.E. Hilfing and B.Törnblom and built by Skandinaviska Aero of Stockholm.

Design

The BHT-1 is a wooden low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tailwheel landing gear. Powered by a 60 hp (45 kW) Walter Mikron 4 piston engine it has an enclosed single-seat cockpit. The wings include slotted flaps.[1]

Variants

The BHT-2 was a proposed two-seat development. A prototype constant speed propeller was developed for the aircraft using differential between engine oil, and ram air pressure to control pitch.[1]

Specifications

Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II[2]

General characteristics

Performance

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Capt. Jan Christie's BHT-1". Experimenter. June 1955.
  2. Bridgeman 1988, p. 200

Bibliography

  • Bridgman, Leonard (1988). Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Crescent Books. ISBN 0-517-67964-7. 


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