Engineering:British Aerospace P.1233-1 Saba
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Short description: Type of aircraft
The British Aerospace P.1233-1 Saba (Small Agile Battlefield Aircraft) was a project of a British anti-helicopter and close air support attack aircraft, designed by British Aerospace.[1][2]
Specifications
Data from Flight International, 5 December 1987, page 9[1]
General characteristics
- Length: 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 10.97 m (36 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 20.39 m2 (219.5 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 4,535 kg (9,998 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 4,989 kg (10,999 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming T55-based propfan, 3,357 kW (4,502 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 740 km/h (460 mph, 400 kn)
- Wing loading: 242 kg/m2 (50 lb/sq ft)
- Takeoff distance: 300 m (1,000 ft)
Armament
- Six AIM-132 advanced short-range air-to-air missiles
- Internal 25 mm (0.98 in) cannon with 150 rounds
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "BAe unveils secret Havoc killer". Flight International (Kingston upon Thames, England, UK) 132 (4091): 9. 5 December 1987. ISSN 0015-3710. https://www.flightglobal.com/flightpdfarchive/1987/1987%20-%202587.pdf.
- ↑ "BAe shows Saba alternative". Flight International (Kingston upon Thames, England, UK) 132 (4092): 8–9. 12 December 1987. ISSN 0015-3710. https://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/view/1987/1987%20-%202646.html.
External links
- Brown, David A. (14 December 1987). "British seek risk-sharing partners for high-agility aircraft project". Aviation Week & Space Technology 127 (24): 61. ISSN 0005-2175. https://archive.aviationweek.com/issue/19871214/#!&pid=61.
- Buttler, Tony (2003). British secret projects: Jet bombers since 1949. Midland Publishing. pp. 166–168. ISBN 1-85780-130-X. OCLC 51270761.
- "Propfan tank/helo hunter". Popular Mechanics (Kingston upon Thames, England, UK) 165 (10): 14. October 1988. ISSN 0032-4558. https://books.google.com/books?id=MeUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14.
- "'Havoc' killer: An insider describes Britain's cancelled Small Agile Battlefield Aircraft". Hush-Kit. 11 May 2020. https://hushkit.net/2020/05/11/havoc-killer-an-insiders-describes-britains-cancelled-small-agile-battlefield-aircraft/.
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