Honda MH01
The Honda MH01 is an experimental business jet developed by the Japanese company Honda, in cooperation with the Raspet Flight Research Laboratory of Mississippi State University.
MH01 | |
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Role | Experimental aircraft |
Manufacturer | Honda Mississippi State University |
Status | Retired |
Number built | 1 |
Using the airframe of a Beechcraft Bonanza, Honda sought to incorporate composite materials into a metal aircraft, the first this had been done in a business aircraft. The goal was also to gain experience in aircraft design and construction.[1] Although at the time there was a twin engine with the engines above the wings (the VFW-Fokker 614), this arrangement used in the MH01 was unusual. The wings are slightly anhedral and the two engines are above them.
The prototype is currently in a museum in Japan.
Its successor is the Honda MH02, a jet that uses the same configuration and uses exclusively composite materials.
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Notes
- Vision Awards, Michimasa Fujino, Honda Aircraft Co., December 9, 2008