Skandinaviska Aero BHT-1 Beauty

BHT-1 Beauty
Role	Single-seat light monoplane
National origin	Sweden
Manufacturer	Skandinaviska Aero
Designer	E. Bratt, K.E. Hilfing and B.Törnblom
First flight	4 December 1944
Number built	1

The Skandinaviska Aero BHT-1 Beauty is a 1940s Swedish single-seat light monoplane designed by E. Bratt, K.E. Hilfing and B.Törnblom and built by Skandinaviska Aero of Stockholm.

Design[edit]

The BHT-1 is a wooden low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tailwheel landing gear. Powered by a 60 hp (45 kW) Walter Mikron 4 piston engine it has an enclosed single-seat cockpit. The wings include slotted flaps.^[1]

Variants[edit]

The BHT-2 was a proposed two-seat development. A prototype constant speed propeller was developed for the aircraft using differential between engine oil, and ram air pressure to control pitch.^[1]

Specifications[edit]

Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II,^[2] Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947^[3]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 6.82 m (22 ft 5 in)
Height: 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Wing area: 7 m² (75 sq ft)
Empty weight: 240 kg (529 lb)
Gross weight: 365 kg (805 lb) aerobatic
Max takeoff weight: 420 kg (926 lb) long-range
Fuel capacity: 88 L (23 US gal; 19 imp gal) in three tanks, plus 127 L (34 US gal; 28 imp gal) in "special reserve" fuel tank
Powerplant: 1 × Walter Mikron 4 4-cyl. inverted air-cooled in-line piston engine, 45 kW (60 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch airscrew with provision for controllable-pitch airscrew

Performance

Maximum speed: 250 km/h (160 mph, 130 kn)
Cruise speed: 210 km/h (130 mph, 110 kn) *Landing speed with flaps:75 km/h (47 mph; 40 kn)
Never exceed speed: 580 km/h (360 mph, 310 kn) with controllable-pitch airscrew
Range: 1,700 km (1,100 mi, 920 nmi)
Ferry range: 3,000 km (1,900 mi, 1,600 nmi) with special reserve fuel tank
Service ceiling: 7,500 m (24,600 ft)
Rate of climb: 5.2 m/s (1,020 ft/min)
Wing loading: 52 kg/m² (11 lb/sq ft) aerobatic
Power/mass: 8.18 kg/kW (13.42 lb/hp)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Capt. Jan Christie's BHT-1". Experimenter. June 1955.
^ Bridgman, Leonard (1988). Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Crescent Books. p. 288. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.
^ Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1947). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. p. 166c.

[Capt._Jan_Christie's_BHT-1-1] "Capt. Jan Christie's BHT-1". Experimenter. June 1955.

[Bridgman-2] Bridgman, Leonard (1988). Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Crescent Books. p. 288. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.

[JAWA1947-3] Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1947). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. p. 166c.

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