Nash Petrel

The Nash Petrel also known as the Procter Petrel is a two-seat aerobatic or glider tug aircraft. It was designed for amateur production by Procter Aircraft Associates of Camberley, Surrey, England. By the time the aircraft first flew, Procter had changed ownership and had been renamed Nash Aircraft Ltd.[2][3]

Nash Petrel
The prototype Nash Petrel at the Farnborough SBAC Show in September 1982
Role Two-seat utility monoplane
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Procter Aircraft Associates
Nash Aircraft
First flight 8 November 1980
Number built 2
Developed from Procter Kittiwake[1]

Development

Based on the earlier Mitchell-Procter Kittiwake design,[4] the Petrel is an all-metal low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional design powered by a 130 hp Rolls-Royce Continental O-240-A piston engine. Only two aircraft were built, the prototype registered G-AXSF and one built by apprentices at the British Aircraft Corporation factory at Preston in 1973, registered G-BACA. G-BACA had a serious fault with the landing gear and only flew 15 hours before being grounded.[5] The prototype still exists but without a current certificate of airworthiness. It is presently fitted with a Lycoming O-360-A3A engine.

Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83[6]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 6.22 m (20 ft 5 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.94 m (29 ft 4 in)
  • Height: 2.23 m (7 ft 4 in)
  • Wing area: 12.63 m2 (135.9 sq ft)
  • Aspect ratio: 6.6:1
  • Airfoil: NACA 3415
  • Empty weight: 540 kg (1,190 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 762 kg (1,680 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 104.5 L (27.6 US gal; 23.0 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Avco Lycoming O-320-D2A air-cooled flat-four engine, 89 kW (119 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 210 km/h (130 mph, 110 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 195 km/h (121 mph, 105 kn)
  • Stall speed: 74 km/h (46 mph, 40 kn) (flaps down)
  • Rate of climb: 5.6 m/s (1,100 ft/min)

Notes
  1. Mondey, David, Encyclopedia of The World's Commercial and Private Aircraft, Crescent Books, New York (1981) p.204
  2. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1985–86, p. 295
  3. "Founded by Roy Procter, Procter Aircraft Associates Ltd.'s name was changed in 1980, when Alan Nash acquired a controlling interest. Nash and Procter are directors of the company, a subsidiary of Kinetrol Ltd." (Mondey, p. 204)
  4. "Petrel takes to the air" 1980, p. 1951
  5. Cheers 2007, p. 5
  6. Taylor 1982, p. 263.

References
  • Cheers, Geoff (November 2007). "The Petrel Project" (PDF). PENSIONupdate. BAE Systems: 5. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
  • Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-10014-X.
  • Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1985–86. London: Jane's Publishing.
  • "Petrel takes to the air". Flight International. 22 November 1980. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
  • Taylor, John W. R., ed. (1982). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83. London: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-7106-0748-2.
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
  • Roland Beaumont - Testing Years - Ian Allan published 1980
  • Mondey, David (1981). Encyclopedia of The World's Commercial and Private Aircraft. New York: Crescent Books.
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