Avro Tudor
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| A B.S.A.A. Avro Tudor 2 | |
| Type | airliner |
| Manufacturer | Avro |
| Designed by | Roy Chadwick |
| Maiden flight | 1945 |
| Primary users | B.S.A.A BOAC |
| Number built | 38 |
| Developed from | Avro Lincoln |
The Avro Tudor was a piston-engined airliner based on the Avro Lincoln bomber, itself a descendent of the famous Avro Lancaster. It was designed by Avro's engineer and designer, Roy Chadwick, who was killed in 1947 aboard a Tudor which crashed on takeoff a due to a servicing error. In practice, the aircraft was seen as little more than a four-engined Douglas Dakota, and few orders were forthcoming.
Early Tudors had a short, rounded, fin and rudder; this was discovered to provide insufficient directional stability, and so in later aircraft a taller, straight-edged, fin/rudder combination of greater overall area was fitted.
The Tudor was used as the basis for the Avro Ashton experimental jet aircraft.
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[edit] Production
All built by Avro.
- Tudor 1: 12
- Tudor 2: 5
- Tudor 3: 2
- Tudor 4: 12
- Tudor 5: 6
- Tudor 7: 1
- Tudor 8: 1 - jet version - VX195 re-engined with 4 X Rolls-Royce Nene
[edit] Operators
- Air Charter.
- BOAC.
- British South American Airways.
- William Demster Ltd.
[edit] Specifications (Avro 688 Tudor 1)
Data from {name of first source}[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 4
- Capacity: 24-32
- Length: 79 ft 6 in (24.23 m)
- Wingspan: 120 ft 0 in (36.58 m)
- Height: 20 ft 11 in (6.37 m)
- Wing area: ft² (m²)
- Empty weight: lb (kg)
- Loaded weight: 80,000 lb (36,287 kg)
- Useful load: lb (kg)
- Max takeoff weight: lb (kg)
- Powerplant: 4× Rolls-Royce Merlin 600 piston, 1,770 hp (kW) each
Performance
- Never exceed speed: knots (mph, km/h)
- Maximum speed: knots (mph, km/h)
- Cruise speed: knots (210 mph, 338 km/h)
- Stall speed: knots (mph, km/h)
- Range: nm (3,630 mi, 5,840 km)
- Service ceiling: 28,800 ft (8,780 m)
- Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s)
- Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
- Power/mass: hp/lb (W/kg)
[edit] Specifications (Avro 689 Tudor 2)
Data from {name of first source}[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2-4
- Capacity: 40-60
- Length: 105 ft 7 in (32.18 m)
- Wingspan: 120 ft 0 in (36.58 m)
- Height: 24 ft 3 in (7.39 m)
- Wing area: ft² (m²)
- Empty weight: lb (kg)
- Loaded weight: 80,000 lb (36,287 kg)
- Useful load: lb (kg)
- Max takeoff weight: lb (kg)
- Powerplant: 4× Rolls-Royce Merlin 621 piston, 1,770 hp (kW) each
Performance
- Never exceed speed: knots (mph, km/h)
- Maximum speed: knots (mph, km/h)
- Cruise speed: knots (285 mph, 459 km/h)
- Stall speed: knots (mph, km/h)
- Range: nm (2,200 mi, 3,740 km)
- Service ceiling: 28,600 ft (8,720 m)
- Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s)
- Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
- Power/mass: hp/lb (W/kg)
[edit] References
- World Aircraft - Commercial Aircraft 1935-1960 by Enzo Angelucci & Paolo Matricardi - Sampson Low Guides - 1979 ISBN 0-562-00125-5
[edit] Related content
Related development
Designation sequence
652A - 679 - 683 - 685 - 688 - 689 - 691 - 694 - 695 - 696
