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Boulton Paul's P.108 proposal, which would become the Balliol, was that of a conventional low-wing monoplane, featuring retractable main undercarriage and a fixed tailwheel. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Towards the end of August 1945, Boulton Paul received an order from the Air Ministry, calling for the production of a batch of four prototypes , which were to ...
The P.112 was developed from the successful Boulton Paul Balliol, an advanced trainer powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin piston engine, sharing the same fuselage as the Balliol but with new high aspect ratio wings and a non-retractable spatted undercarriage of 15 ft 2 in (4.62 m) track.
Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd was a British aircraft manufacturer that was incorporated in 1934, although its origins in aircraft manufacturing began earlier in 1914 and lasted until 1961. The company mainly built and modified aircraft under contract to other manufacturers, but had a few notable designs of its own, such as the Defiant fighter and ...
The engine used in the mk1 Beast was a Meteor tank engine as supplied by Jameson, but upon rebuilding the car after the fire, Dodd sourced a Merlin engine from a Boulton Paul Balliol training aircraft. [7]
The Mamba was a compact engine [1] with a 10-stage axial compressor, six combustion chambers and a two-stage power turbine. The epicyclic reduction gearbox was incorporated in the propeller spinner. Engine starting was by cartridge. The Ministry of Supply designation was ASMa (Armstrong Siddeley Mamba). The ASMa.3 gave 1,475 ehp and the ASMa.6 ...
This category is for aircraft that are powered by a single turboprop engine, that is mounted in a pusher or tractor configuration ... Boulton Paul Balliol T.1;
Boulton Paul Balliol; C. Cessna 150; Cessna 336 Skymaster; Cessna 421 Golden Eagle; F-7 Skybolt; FT-7M Skybolt; Convair 240; D. de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk;
Boulton Paul drew up an alternative engine choice, using the new de Havilland Gipsy Queen 71 which was rated at 400 hp (300 kW), geared and supercharged. The P.115 would have had a top speed of 139 kn (160 mph; 257 km/h) and cruising speed of 122 kn (140 mph; 226 km/h), at 5,000 ft (1,500 m), climbing to 10,000 ft (3,000 m) in 10 minutes.