Miles Monarch
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| M.17 Monarch | |
|---|---|
| Type | Light civil touring aeroplane |
| Manufacturer | Phillips and Powis Aircraft Ltd |
| Designed by | Frederick George Miles |
| Maiden flight | 21 February 1938 |
| Primary user | Royal Air Force |
| Produced | 1938-1939 |
| Number built | 11 |
The Miles M.17 Monarch was a British, light, touring aeroplane of the 1930s. It was a single-engine, three-seat, cabin monoplane with a fixed, tailwheel undercarriage.
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[edit] Development
The last civil type produced by Phillips and Powis before the war, the Monarch was a development of their earlier Whitney Straight. Compared to its sibling. the Monarch had an enlarged fuselage, allowing provision of a third seat in part of what had been the luggage space.
[edit] Operational history
Eleven aircraft were built between 1938 and 1939, six of these to British customers, the rest going to export.
On the outbreak of war, five of the British-registered machines were impressed by the Air Ministry; one machine belonging to Rolls-Royce acquired camouflage paint but remained in its owner's service. All but one of these survived the war, though a Dutch-registered aeroplane (PH-ATP) was destroyed in the Luftwaffe raid on Schipol on 10 May 1940.
In the Fifties, one Monarch (G-AIDE) enjoyed some success as a racer in the hamds of W.P. Bowles
For the most part, the remaining Monarchs led uneventful but useful careers; a number are known to have survived into the Sixties.
[edit] Sporting successes (G-AIDE)
[1]1st - Goodyear Trophy (1957)
3rd - King's Cup Race (1957)
1st - Norton Griffiths Trophy (1958)
2nd - Osram Cup Race (1958)
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[edit] Specifications (M.17)
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 2 passengers
- Length: 25 ft 11.75 in (m)
- Wingspan: 35 ft 7 in (m)
- Height: 8 ft 9.25 in (m)
- Wing area: 180 ft² (m²)
- Empty weight: 1,390 lb (kg)
- Loaded weight: 2,200 lb (kg)
- Useful load: lb (kg)
- Max takeoff weight: lb (kg)
- Powerplant: 1× De Havilland Gipsy Major I inline, 130 hp (kW)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: knots (mph, km/h)
- Maximum speed: knots (145 mph, km/h)
- Cruise speed: 130 knots (mph, km/h)
- Stall speed: knots (mph, km/h)
- Range: nm (600 mi, km)
- Service ceiling: 17,400 ft (m)
- Rate of climb: 850 ft/min (m/s)
- Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
- Power/mass: hp/lb (W/kg)
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