Beecraft Queen Bee
| Beecraft Queen Bee | |
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| Role | Four-seat cabin monoplane |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Bee Aviation Associates |
| Designer | William S. Chana, Ken S. Coward |
| First flight | 1960 |
| Number built | 1 |
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The Beecraft Queen Bee was an American V-tailed four-seat cabin monoplane, designed and built by Bee Aviation Associates (Beecraft).[1]
Development
The Queen Bee was an all-metal cantilever low-wing monoplane powered by a Lycoming O-320-A1A flat-four piston engine.[1] It had a V-tail and an electrically retractable tricycle landing gear.[1] The canopy shared a similar shape as the Ryan Navion. The wings were outfitted with fiberglass tip tanks. A 180 hp Lycoming O-360-A-1-A was planned as an optional engine.[2]
Only a prototype was built and the type did not enter production. The prototype was destroyed when the San Diego Aerospace Museum burned down in 1978.[3]
Specifications
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62[4]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 3 passengers
- Length: 21 ft 10 in (6.65 m)
- Wingspan: 32 ft 0 in (9.75 m)
- Height: 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m)
- Wing area: 130 sq ft (12 m2)
- Empty weight: 1,190 lb (540 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 2,150 lb (975 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-320-A1A flat-four piston engine, 180 hp (130 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed Hartzell Model HC-82XG-1B
Performance
- Cruise speed: 155 mph (135 kn; 249 km/h)
- Stall speed: 55 mph (48 kn; 89 km/h)
- Never exceed speed: 193 mph (168 kn; 311 km/h)
- Range: 650 mi (565 nmi; 1,046 km)
- Service ceiling: 15,000 ft (4,572 m)
- Rate of climb: 900 ft/min (4.6 m/s)
References
Notes
Bibliography
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- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
- Taylor, John W. R. (1961). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company.
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