BAT Baboon
| F.K.24 Baboon | |
|---|---|
| |
| Role | Two-seat Trainer |
| Manufacturer | British Aerial Transport Company Limited |
| Designer | Robert Noorduyn
|
| First flight | 1918 |
| Number built | 1 |
The BAT F.K.24 Baboon was a British two-seat training biplane produced by British Aerial Transport Company Limited of London during World War I.
Design and development
Using experience gained designing the
trainer
, a two-bay biplane known as the F.K.24 Baboon.
The aircraft had a flat-sided
engine
. Six aircraft were planned but only one was built in July 1918.
The only notable act was when it won the Hendon Trophy Race over a 20-mile (32-km) circuit in July 1919 flown by Christopher Draper.[1] The Baboon was scrapped in 1920.
Specifications (F.K.24 Baboon)
Data from British Aeroplanes 1914-18 [2][3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 400 lb (181.44 kg) disposable load
- Length: 22 ft 8 in (6.91 m)
- Wingspan: 25 ft (7.6 m)
- Height: 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m)
- Wing area: 259 sq ft (24.1 m2)
- Empty weight: 950 lb (431 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,350 lb (612 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 12 imp gal (54.55 L; 14.41 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × ABC Wasp I7-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 170 hp (130 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed BAT tractor, 5 ft (1.52 m), 7 ft 10 in (2.39 m) diameter
Performance
- Maximum speed: 90 mph (140 km/h, 78 kn)
- Landing speed: 40 mph (64 km/h; 35 kn)
- Endurance: 2 hours
- Rate of climb: 833.33 ft/min (4.2333 m/s)
- Time to altitude: 10,000 ft (3,048.0 m) in 12 minutes
- Wing loading: 5.2 lb/sq ft (25 kg/m2)
- Power/mass: 0.126 hp/lb (0.206 kW/kg)
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Notes
- ^ Flight 31 July 1919, pp.1021-1022.
- ^ Bruce 1957, p.75.
- ISBN 978-0-7153-4647-1.
References
- Grey, C.G. (1969). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919 (Facsimile ed.). David & Charles (Publishing) Limited. pp. 84a to 85a. ISBN 978-0-7153-4647-1.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
- "Flying at Hendon". Flight. No. 31 July 1919. pp. 1021–1022.
- "Some "BAT" Aeroplanes". Flight. No. 1 January 1920. pp. 18–19.
- Bruce, J.M. (1957). British Aeroplanes 1914-18. London: Putnam.
- Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-10006-9.
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