Miles Student
M.100 Student | |
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Miles M-100 Student at Duxford c.1985 | |
Role | Trainer |
Manufacturer | Miles Aircraft |
Designer | F.G. and G.H. Miles |
First flight | 15 May 1957 |
Status | preserved in a UK museum |
Primary user | Royal Air Force (intended) |
Number built | 1 |
The Miles M.100 Student was built as a lightweight trainer as a private venture by F.G. and George Miles with development started in 1953. Although not specifically a Miles product,[clarification needed] it was promoted as a British Royal Air Force trainer but failed to enter production.
Design and development
Building on the company's experience with the
G-APLK, the sole aircraft, was allocated XS941 when developed in the Mark 2 version as a prospective
The M.100 Student 2, re-registered G-MIOO, was badly damaged in a crash on 24 August 1985[1] and is now at the Museum of Berkshire Aviation .[2]
The Centurion 3, 4 and 5 were planned variants with the
Variants
Data from:' Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59[4]
- M.100 Mk.1 Student: 880 lbf (3,914.44 N) Blackburn-Turbomeca Marboré IIAengine ; sole prototype G-APLK / XS491.
- M.100 Mk.2 Student: 1,025 lbf (4,559.43 N) Continental J69engine; G-APLK re-registered as G-MIOO.
- M.100 Mk.3 Centurion: 1,400 lbf (6,227.51 N) Rolls-Royce RB.108 engine (de-rated) ; not built.
- M.100 Mk.4 Centurion: 1,405 lbf (6,249.75 N) Turbomeca Gourdon engine ; not built.
- M.100 Mk.5 Centurion: 2x 550 lbf (2,446.52 N) Turbomeca Arbizon engines ; not built.
Specifications (M.100 Mk.1 Student)
Data from Jet Age:The Miles Sparrowjet and Student,[5] Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59[4]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
- Wingspan: 29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
- Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
- Wing area: 144 sq ft (13.4 m2)
- Airfoil: NACA 23015[6]
- Empty weight: 2,400 lb (1,089 kg)
- Gross weight: 3,900 lb (1,769 kg) (with tip tanks)
- Fuel capacity: 100 imp gal (120 US gal; 455 L) in 4 wing tanks, with provision for two 20 imp gal (24 US gal; 91 L) wing-tip tanks
- Powerplant: 1 × Blackburn-built Turboméca Marboré IIA turbojet, 880 lbf (3.9 kN) thrust
Performance
- Maximum speed: 298 mph (480 km/h, 259 kn) at 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
- Range: 620 mi (1,000 km, 540 nmi) with tip tanks
- Time to altitude: 10,000 ft (3,048 m) in 6 minutes 48 seconds[7]
See also
Related development
References
- Notes
- ^ "Demobbed Aircraft : Miles M.100 Student". www.ukserials.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "Photograph of Aircraft G-MIOO". publicapps.caa.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ Flight and Aircraft Engineer. 72 (2536): p.p.316, 369. 30 August 1957 http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201281.html.
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(help) - ^ a b Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1957). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. pp. 94–95.
- ^ Henley Air Enthusiast May/June 1997, p. 63.
- ^ Lednicer, David. "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". m-selig.ae.illinois.edu. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ Flight 29 August 1958, p. 381.
- Bibliography
- Amos, Peter. and Don Lambert Brown. Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1. London: Putnam Aeronautical, 2000. ISBN 0-85177-787-2.
- "British Military Aircraft 1958". Flight, 29 August 1958, p. 381.
- Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970. ISBN 0-370-00127-3.
- Henley, Don. "Jet Age:The Miles Sparrowjet and Student Part One". Air Enthusiast, No. 69 May/June 1997. ISSN 0143-5450. pp. 58–61.
- Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1974. ISBN
- "Miles M.100 Student: A Promising New Jet Trainer Under Construction at Shoreham". Flight, 16 December 1955, pp. 915–917.
- "Minting a New Coin at Shoreham: Miles Engineering's Student/Graduate Mini-striker". Flight, 15 October 1964, pp. 665–666.
- Temple, Julian C. Wings Over Woodley - The Story of Miles Aircraft and the Adwest Group. Bourne End, Bucks, UK: Aston Publications, 1987. ISBN 0-946627-12-6.