Taylor Monoplane
| J.T.1 Monoplane | |
|---|---|
| Role | home build aircraft |
| Designer | John Taylor |
| First flight | 4 July 1959 |
| Unit cost | approximately $1285 to build in 1971[1] |
The Taylor J.T.1 Monoplane was a 1950s British fixed-wing aircraft design for a home build aircraft by J.F. Taylor.
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[edit] History
The J.T.1 Monoplane was designed by John Taylor in 1956 and the prototype (registered G-APRT) was built by him at Ilford, Essex between 1958-1959. It flew for the first time on 4 July 1959 [2] at White Waltham. At that time it represented the first post war homebuilt design to come from England. It was designed to be made in small spaces with the minimum of tools and material cost, requiring only average building skills from the constructor. It is aimed exclusively at the lower power range such as the VW engine, therefore giving economy with an acceptable cruise speed. It is semi- aerobatic, the airframe was proof loaded to verify the stress calculations and no modification has ever been introduced since the prototype was approved. The total number flying to date is over 110 examples.
[edit] Specifications
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 15 ft 0 in (4.57 m)
- Wingspan: 21 ft 0 in (6.40 m)
- Height: 4 ft 10 in (1.47 m)
- Wing area: 76 ft² (7.06 m²)
- Empty weight: 410 lb (186 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 610 lb (276 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × J.A.P. two-cylinder piston, 38 hp (28 kW)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: 130 mph (113 knots, 209 km/h)
- Maximum speed: 105 mph (91 knots, 169 km/h) at sea level
- Cruise speed: 90 mph (78 knots, 145 km/h)
- Stall speed: 38 mph (33 knots, 62 km/h)
- Range: 230 mi (200 nmi, 370 km)
- Rate of climb: 1000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
[edit] See also
- Related development
[edit] References
- ^ Leo J. Kohn (Winter 1971). "The true cost of building your own plane". Air Trails: 63.
- ^ Taylor 1988, p. 548.
- ^ Taylor 1982, p. 522.
- Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10014 X.
- Taylor, John W. R. (1982). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83. London: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0 7106-0748-2.
- Taylor, John W. R. (1988). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988-1989. Coulsdon, Surry, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0 7106-0867-5.
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