Miles M.30

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The Miles M.30 X Minor was an experimental aircraft, designed by Miles Aircraft to evaluate the characteristics of blended fuselage and wing intersections. Begun in 1939, the design was a scaled-down version of the gigantic Miles X airliner then being developed.

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.

[edit] Specifications (M.30)

General characteristics

• Crew: one or two pilots
• Length: 26 ft 3 in (8.00 m)
• Wingspan: 33 ft 0 in (10.06 m)
• Height: ft in (m)
• Wing area: ft (m)
• Empty weight: 2,710 lb (1,230 kg)
• Loaded weight: 4,240 lb (1,920 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: lb (kg)
• Powerplant: 2× de Havilland Gipsy Major I Series II inline engines, 130 hp (97 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: kt (km/h)
• Cruise speed: kt (km/h)
• Range: nm (km/h)
• Service ceiling: ft (m)
• Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s)
• Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
• Power/mass: hp/lb (kW/kg)

[edit] References

1. British Aircraft of World War II. "MILES X-MINOR". Retrieved Oct 5, 2005.
2. Miles Aircraft. "M.30 X Minor". Retrieved Oct 5, 2005.

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Comparable aircraft

• Vought V-173

Designation sequence

• M.26 - M.27 - M.28 - M.30 - M.33 - M.35 - M.37

Related lists

• List of experimental aircraft
• List of military aircraft of the United Kingdom