Engineering:Supermarine Type 179

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Short description: 1930s British abandoned flying boat project
Type 179
Role Transport flying boat
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Supermarine
Status Cancelled

The Supermarine Type 179 "Giant" was a British monoplane flying boat developed by Supermarine but cancelled before completion.

Design and development

The Type 179 was an all-metal monoplane flying-boat powered by six Rolls-Royce Buzzard piston engines mounted above the wing.[1] It was to have a crew of seven and room for 40 passengers in a day configuration.[1] The keel was laid down in 1931 and the aircraft was under construction when the project was abandoned in 1932. The aircraft had been registered G-ABLE in April 1931.[1]

Specifications (Type 179 estimated at July 1931)

Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919 - Volume III,[1] Supermarine Aircraft Since 1914[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 7
  • Capacity: 40 passengers (day)
  • Length: 104 ft 6 in (31.85 m)
  • Wingspan: 185 ft (56 m)
  • Height: 32 ft (9.8 m)
  • Wing area: 4,720 sq ft (439 m2)
  • Empty weight: 49,390 lb (22,403 kg)
  • Gross weight: 75,090 lb (34,060 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 2,175 imp gal (2,612 US gal; 9,888 l) fuel ; 105 imp gal (126 US gal; 477 l) oil
  • Powerplant: 6 × Rolls-Royce H V-12 water-cooled piston engines, 850–900 hp (630–670 kW) each
(later 6x 1,030 hp (768 kW) Rolls-Royce Buzzard MS)
  • Propellers: 4-bladed fixed-pitch propellers

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 145 mph (233 km/h, 126 kn) at sea level
  • Alighting speed: 72.5 mph (63 kn; 117 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 108.5 mph (174.6 km/h, 94.3 kn)
  • Range: 700 mi (1,100 km, 610 nmi) normal
1,300 mi (1,130 nmi; 2,092 km) at cruise speed
  • Endurance: 12 hours
  • Service ceiling: 11,000 ft (3,400 m)
  • Rate of climb: 750 ft/min (3.8 m/s) at sea level

See also

Related lists

  • Seaplanes and flying boats

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 - Volume 3. Putnam & Company Ltd. p. 444. ISBN 0-370-10014-X. 
  2. Andrews, C.F.; Morgan, Eric B. (2003). Supermarine Aircraft Since 1914 (2nd Revised ed.). London: Putnam Aeronautical. pp. 315–319. 


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