Skandinaviska Aero BHT-1 Beauty
| BHT-1 Beauty | |
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| 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 |
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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
- Crew: 1
- Length: 5.80 m (19 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 6.82 m (22 ft 4½ in)
- Height: 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 7 m2 (75.3 ft2)
- Empty weight: 240 kg (538 lb)
- Gross weight: 420 kg (924 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Walter Mikron 4 four-cylinder in-line inverted air cooled piston engine, 45 kW (75 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 250 km/h (155 mph)
- Cruising speed: 210 km/h (130 mph)
- Range: 1700 km (1056 miles)
- Service ceiling: 7500 m (24600 ft)
References
Notes
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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