RARE GLOSTER E.28/39 EXPERIMENTAL TURBOJET - JETCAT P-120 - STEVE STOW MARIES RC MODEL SHOW - 2024
PILOT / OWNER - STEVE KILBON,
Gloster e28/39 (whittle)
1/3rd scale
120” wingspan
100” length
Scratch built by Stuart porter in Ireland,
Jetcat p120
3 litre fuel capacity
Radio is frsky x8r x2 rx’s
Flown on a FrSky X20 Pro
Jx servos all round
Built up fuselage with a foam wing
Custom made air retracts
2x life 2800 2s
Rx packs and 1x 2200 lipo 2s turbine pack
26.5kg mtom
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Type - Experimental prototype
National origin - United Kingdom
Manufacturer - Gloster Aircraft Company
Designer - George Carter
Status - Retired in museum in london
Primary user Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE)
Number built 2 prototypes
History First flight - 15 May 1941
General characteristics
Crew : 1
Length : 25 ft 3.75 in (7.7153 m)
Wingspan : 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m)
Height : 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m)
Wing area : 146.5 sq ft (13.61 m2)
Aspect ratio : 5.75
Airfoil : NACA 23012 (12% root: 9% tip) or root: EC(12.5)40/0640; tip: EC1040/0640[29][b]
Empty weight : 2,886 lb (1,309 kg)
Gross weight : 3,748 lb (1,700 kg)
Fuel capacity : 81 imp gal (97 US gal; 370 L)
Powerplant : 1 × Power Jets W.2/500 centrifugal flow turbojet engine, 1,760 lbf (7.8 kN) thrust
Maximum speed : 466 mph (750 km/h, 405 kn) at 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
Landing speed : 86 mph (75 kn; 138 km/h)
Range : 410 mi (660 km, 360 nmi)
Endurance : 56 minutes
Service ceiling : 32,000 ft (9,800 m)
Rate of climb : 1,063 ft/min (5.40 m/s)
Time to altitude : 10,000 ft (3,000 m) in 22 minutes
Thrust/weight : 0.21
Guns: None fitted but provision for four 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns
The Gloster E.28/39, (also referred to as the Gloster Whittle, Gloster Pioneer, or Gloster G.40) was the first British turbojet-engined aircraft first flying in 1941. It was the third turbojet aircraft to fly after the German Heinkel He 178 (1939) and Heinkel He 280 (1941), the Italian Caproni Campini N.1 of 1940 being a motor jet and not a true turbojet.
The E.28/39 was the product of a specification which had been issued by the Air Ministry for a suitable aircraft to test the novel jet propulsion designs that Frank Whittle had been developing during the 1930s. Gloster and the company's chief designer, George Carter, worked with Whittle to develop an otherwise conventional aircraft fitted with a Power Jets W.1 turbojet engine.
Flying for the first time on 15 May 1941, two E.28/39 aircraft were produced for the flight test programme. Following initial satisfactory reports, these aircraft continued to be flown to test increasingly refined engine designs and new aerodynamic features. Despite the loss of the second prototype, due to improper maintenance causing a critical aileron failure, the E.28/39 was considered to be a success.
The E.28/39 contributed valuable initial experience with the new type of propulsion and led to the development of the Gloster Meteor, the first operational jet fighter to enter service with the Allies. The first prototype continued test flying until 1944, after which it was withdrawn from service; in 1946, it was transferred to the Science Museum in London, where it has been on static display ever since; full-scale replicas have been created,
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(WORLDS OLDEST SURVIVING WW1 AERODROME)
HACKMANS LANE,
FLAMBIRDS CHASE,
CHELMSFORD, UK,
CM3 6RJ,
ON 14-9-2024,