- Miles M.30
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M.30 
Miles M.30 X Minor Role Experimental aircraft National origin United Kingdom Manufacturer Miles Aircraft First flight February 1942 The Miles M.30 X Minor was an experimental aircraft, designed by Miles Aircraft to evaluate the characteristics of blended fuselage and wing intersections.
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Design and development
Begun in 1939, the design was a scaled-down version of the gigantic Miles M.26 airliner then being developed. The proposed Miles X Airliner was to have blend fuselage, eight engines driving four sets of contra-rotating props, seating 55 with a range of 3,450 miles (5,550 km). The Miles X Airliner was offered as candidate to the post World War Two Brabazon Report but was rejected because the Miles candidate only having half the seating required by that report (ie see external links for cutaway drawing of Miles X Airliner).
The small size of the X Minor made it impossible to scale the larger design exactly; the engines were too large and resulted in an aircraft similar in layout but differing in aerodynamics. The X Minor first flew in February 1942, providing Miles with useful data for several years. A larger scale prototype of the X transport was planned but never built.
Specifications (M.30)
General characteristics
- Crew: one or two pilots
- Length: 26 ft 3 in (8.00 m)
- Wingspan: 33 ft (10.06 m)
- Height: 9 ft (2.74 m)
- Wing area: 200 sq ft (19 m²)
- Empty weight: 2,710 lb (1,230 kg)
- Loaded weight: 4,240 lb (1,920 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × de Havilland Gipsy Major I Series II inline engines, 130 hp (97 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 160 mph (260 km/h)
- Wing loading: 21.2 lb/sq ft (103.6 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 16.3 lb/bhp (9.9 kg/kW)
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Related lists
- List of experimental aircraft
- List of military aircraft of the United Kingdom
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Amos, Peter. and Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1. London: Putnam Aeronautical, 2000. ISBN 0-85177-787-0.
- Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970. ISBN 0-37000-127-3.
External links
- Museum of Berkshire Aviation - Miles 30 page
- Eight Engine, 55 Seat Plane To Have A 3,450 Mile Range Miles X Airliner design by Miles Aircraft offered to the same request for proposal as the Bristol Brabazon
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