Saro Skeeter Aircraft
Skeeter AOP.12, Cosford | |
Production Details | |
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Design Company: |
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First Flight: |
10 October 1948 |
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Skeeter 1: |
1 - Cierva Autogiro Company |
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Skeeter 2: |
1 - Cierva Autogiro Company |
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Skeeter 3: |
2 - Saunders-Roe Limited |
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Skeeter 4: |
1 - Saunders-Roe Limited |
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Skeeter 5: |
1 - Saunders-Roe Limited |
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Skeeter 6: |
3 - Saunders-Roe Limited |
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Skeeter 8: |
1 - Saunders-Roe Limited |
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Skeeter AOP.10: |
3 - Saunders-Roe Limited |
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Skeeter T.11: |
1 - Saunders-Roe Limited |
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Skeeter AOP.12: |
64 - Saunders-Roe Limited |
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Skeeter 50: |
6 - Saunders-Roe Limited |
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Skeeter 51: |
4 - Saunders-Roe Limited |
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Type Specification | |
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Applies to: |
Saunders-Roe Skeeter 6 |
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Type: |
Two seat light helicopter |
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Rotor System: |
Three blade main rotor, fully articulated hub with drag and flapping hinges. Rotor blades have steel tubular spars, wood ribs and wood and fabric skin. One two blade anti torque and steering rotor with solid wooden blades |
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Fuselage: |
Steel tubular centre section, sheet metal fabricated front fuselage, sheet metal monocoque tail boom |
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Landing Gear: |
Tricycle type |
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Power Plant: |
One 200 hp de Havilland Gipsy Major four cylinder inverted air cooled engine |
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Accommodation: |
Cabin seats two side by side |
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Dimensions | |
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Rotor Diameter: |
32 ft |
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Length: |
28 ft 5 in |
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Height: |
10 ft 2 in |
Weights | |
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Empty: |
1,607 lb |
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Loaded: |
2,202 lb |
Performance | |
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Max Speed: |
107 mph |
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Vertical Climb: |
365 ft/min |
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Service Ceiling: |
12,300 ft |
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Max Range: |
240 miles |
Preserved in British Museums | |
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Skeeter AOP.12: |
XL738 - Yorkshire Helicopter Preservation Group, Doncaster - Off-site Restoration XL762 - Museum of Flight, East Fortune Aerodrome - Stored XL763 - Yorkshire Helicopter Preservation Group, Doncaster - Off-site Restoration XL764 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Showground - Display XL770 - Solent Sky, Southampton - Display XL811 - The Helicopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare Aerodrome - Display XL813 - Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop Airfield - Display XM555 - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon - Display XM561 - AeroVenture, Doncaster - Display XM564 - Tank Museum, Bovington - Display XN341 - Stondon Transport Museum, Lower Stondon - Display XN344 - Science Museum, South Kensington - Display |
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