Beechcraft XT-36

XT-36

Role	Trainer-transport
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Beechcraft
Status	Cancelled

The Beechcraft XT-36 (company designation Model 46) was an American twin-engine trainer-transport aircraft project of the early 1950s. Due to a change in requirements, the project was cancelled before any examples of the type were built.

Design and development

The XT-36 was intended for use in both trainer and transport roles. It utilised a low-wing design, with twin Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial engines providing power; the design specified a pressurised cabin, capable of carrying either an instructor and three students in the training role, or two crewmembers and up to twelve passengers in a transport configuration.^[1] Top speed was expected to be around 350 miles per hour (560 km/h) at over 30,000 feet (9,100 m).^[2] The aircraft was intended to become a standard United States Air Force type,^[2] as well as licensed production being set up by Canadair as the CL-15.^[3]^[4]

The project was started in 1951, with the rising demand for new aircrew due to the Korean War, Beechcraft was awarded a contract for the construction of the type, and built a new assembly plant for the production line.^[5] Orders totaled 193 aircraft; Canadair was contracted for 227 examples. However, in 1953, however, shortly before the first flight of the prototype was to occur,^[6] changing priorities resulted in the cancellation of the programme.^[7]

Variants

XT-36A: Military designation for Beech Model 46 trainer for the USAF; prototype completed but not flown.
CL-15: Licensed production by Canadair.

Specifications (estimated)

Data from The Beechcraft T-36^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: two to four
Capacity: 12 passengers
Wingspan: 70 ft (21 m)
Gross weight: 25,000 lb (11,340 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial piston engines, 2,300 hp (1,700 kW) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 350 mph (563 km/h; 304 kn)
Cruise speed: 300 mph (261 kn; 483 km/h)
Range: 650 mi (565 nmi; 1,046 km)
Service ceiling: 34,000 ft (10,363 m)

References

Notes

↑ Ball 1995, p.143.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Beechcraft T-36. Flight, 4 January 1952, p.20.
↑ Air Pictorial and Air Reserve Gazette, Volume 20. Air League of the British Empire, 1958. p.395.
↑ Howe 1952, p.22.
↑ Hamlin 1952, p.77.
↑ Murphy 2003
↑ "The U.S.A.F. Budget and Canada". The Aeroplane, Volume 85, 1953. p.162.

Bibliography

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beechcraft aircraft.

Ball, Larry (1995). The Immortal Twin Beech. Brule, WI: Cable Publishing. ISBN 978-0964151420.
Hamlin, Fred (1953). The Aircraft Year Book 1952. Dallas, TX: Lincoln Press. ASIN B000E8DIX4.
Howe, C. D. (August 1952). "Canada on Guard". The Rotarian (Chicago: Rotary International) 81 (2).
Murphy, Daryl. "The Beeches that got away". Planes & People. Wings over Kansas, 2003.

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Beechcraft XT-36

Design and development

Variants

Specifications (estimated)

See also

References