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N.V. Nederlandsche Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker
Fokker T.XV-W
In 1943 a requirement was raised to replace the Do-18 fleet and Fokker designed a medium-sized flying boat. The design of the hull required hours of hydrodynamic trials and the high-mounted monoplane wing has retractable floats. Up to six crewmen can be carried and there are glazed observation stations on each side of the fuselage and in the nose is a Phillips surface-search RDF set. The prototype flew on 11 November 1944 and entry into service was during mid-1946.
Wingspan: 20.3 m (66 ft 7 in)
Length: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in)
Height: 5.72 m (18 ft 9 in)
Empty weight: 4150 kg (9,150 lb)
Max take-off weight: 6500 kg (14,330 lb)
Powerplant: 2× 1,230hp Junkers Motorenbau Jumo 208C 12-cyl diesel engines
Maximum speed: 362 km/h (225 mph)
Cruising speed: 29 km/h (183 mph)
Service ceiling: 8685 m (28,500 ft)
Rate of climb: 6.9 m/s (1,350 ft/min)
Range: 2285 km (1,420 miles)
Armament: twin 13.2mm GAST MGs in dorsal turret, 1x 13.2mm GAST MG in each side hatch, bomb load of bombs/ depth bombs/ mines up to 2000 kg (4400 lb) underwing
Note: For the Philippine requirement the dorsal turret can be omitted as can the underwing hardpoints although they can be used for supply canisters and life rafts. There is no Avia-Minerva radial in this power range but American Cyclone radials could be fitted but there would be additional costs for testing and certification.
Short Brothers
Short S.46 Sealand
A light commercial amphibian aircraft for 5-7 passengers designed for the general transportation market in territories with suitable water and land facilities. It could take off from and land on rivers, lakes and sheltered bays or prepared runways. A crew of two is carried. It had a high wing cantilever monoplane configuration with a flying boat hull and both underwing floats and a standard tail-wheel undercarriage to enable amphibious operation. The prototype Sealand first flew on 22 January 1946 from the waters of Belfast Lough piloted by Shorts' Chief Test Pilot, Harold Piper. It was followed by four pre-production aircraft for testing and demonstration purposes.
Length: 42 ft 2 in (12.86 m)
Wingspan: 59 ft 0 in (17.99 m)
Height: 15 ft 0 in (4.57 m)
Wing area: 353 ft² (32.8 m)
Empty weight: 7,007 lb (3,190 kg)
Max. take-off weight: 9,100 lb (4,130 kg)
Powerplant: two 340hp de Havilland Gipsy Queen VII-4 inverted inline air cooled piston engines
Maximum speed: 187 mph (162 knots, 300 km/h)
Cruise speed: 175 mph (152 knots, 282 km/h)
Range: 660 miles (574 nm, 1063 km)
Service ceiling: 20,600 ft (6,280 m)
Rate of climb: 880 ft/min (4.5 m/s)
Note: Shorts could investigate fitting Leonides radial engines but they think the proven Gipsy engine should have all the relivability and economy of operation the Philippines are looking for. The two crew are pilot and navigator, dual controls can be fitted.
General Aviation (UK) Ltd.
Aerocar Major (Seaplane)
The airline Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation began trading as Inland Flying Services in 1923, in 1943 the name changed to Portsmouth Aviation when the company also began an maintenance and repair business. In 1942 Portsmouth Aviation’s chairman and joint managing director Lionel Balfour began ‘Project 109’, a twin-boom light aircraft for the airline’s low density routes. This became the Aerocar in two versions, the Aerocar Major with two 155hp Blackburn Cirrus Major II and the Aerocar Minor with two 101hp Cirrus Minor II engines. The Aerocar has an upward-swinging tail cone/door for access to the fuselage for easy cargo loading with the floor only 9ins off the ground, four car-type doors are used when five or six passengers are carried. Two to four stretchers can also be fitted in an ambulance role. The fuselage was all-metal but the booms and wings were wooden and the engines mounted in two ‘power eggs’ for easy servicing and removal. The seaplane has two floats beneath the engines and booms. The prototype first flew June 18 1945. Prices are; Major £5,050. Dimensions; 42/ 26.3/ 8.7/ 255 sq ft; 2x 155hp Blackburn Cirrus Major III; max cruising speed 153mph; normal cruise speed 141mph; range 669 miles (normal cruising speed); service ceiling 19,800ft; max rate of climb 1,180ft/min and maximum take-off weight 3,950lbs.
BCAC (Vickers)
BCAC (Vickers-Supermarine) Type 381 Seagull ASR.Mk.I
Designed to replace the Sea Otter, the Type 381 met Spec S.14/44 and the prototype, PA143, first flew on 14 July 1945. It has a high-mounted variable-incidence wing (pivoting at the front spar, actuated by an electrically driven jackscrew attached to the rear spa) fitted with two streamlined stabiliser floats and the central pylon supports a Rolls-Royce Griffon engine fitted with contra-rotating propellers. The wings are fitted with slotted flaps and full length leading-edge slats and can be folded for ship-board stowage. A wheeled undercarriage is also fitted. Loaded weight is 14,500lbs and a crew of three is carried and in the rescue role, seven survivors can be accommodated.
Dimensions; 52.6 (23.6 folded)/ 44.1/ 15.10/ 432 sq ft; 1x 1,815hp Rolls-Royce Griffon IV; max speed 260mph at 11,800ft; range 1,230 miles; service ceiling 23,900ft and rate of climb 1,515 ft/min at 7,000 ft.