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Bristol Type 192 ‘Belvedere’

52.5k Tang0five  4.7 years ago


Quirky. British. Ingenuity. The Bristol ‘Belvedere’ certainly had these traits in abundance and remains the only British tandem helicopter to have entered production.

First flown in 1958 the Belvedere served for a relatively short time with the RAF from 1961 to 1969 with a total of 26 airframes completed. Originally designed for the navy the design was reconfigured to carry 18 fully laden steely-eyed dealers of death for participation in the Aden emergency and the Indo-Malaysian confrontation.

Like most aircraft developed at home it was superseded by licence built American derivatives, in this case the ‘Wessex’.

Controls

VTOL up and down changes the collective.

Yaw is a little like driving a hover craft so be prepared to kill the input early or compensate by using opposite inputs to straighten out.

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 43.4ft (13.2m)
  • Length 78.0ft (23.8m)
  • Height 23.7ft (7.2m)
  • Empty Weight 20,120lbs (9,126kg)
  • Loaded Weight 24,526lbs (11,124kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 3.438
  • Wing Loading 439,839.3lbs/ft2 (2,147,483.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 8813

Parts

  • Number of Parts 166
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 791
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    52.5k Tang0five

    Thanks kindly! @GhostHTX

    4.7 years ago
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    34.5k GhostHTX

    Very nice, old chap!

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    @Tang0five could you build a simple nicely finished Tu-95 ?

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    7,712 WhoflerMan

    The Handley Pain in the rear?

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    52.5k Tang0five

    Wow, all I got was airfix models as a kid. Never had this one though. @Trainzo

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    52.5k Tang0five

    Thanks @BusterShortWolf a nice simple build after my recent monstrosity!

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    7,712 WhoflerMan

    Epickly done 👍

    4.7 years ago
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    38.2k Trainzo

    @Tang0five, I still have the model dinky toy.

    4.7 years ago
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    11.4k shipster

    @Shipster (for later)

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    11.4k shipster

    Majestic English Ingenuity

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    3,839 MEERKAT978

    I never got why the British helo designs like the Belvedere looked like something out of a Gerry Anderson program. Awesome looking helicopter, gotta say!

    +1 4.7 years ago
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    52.5k Tang0five

    Thanks my good fellow! @TheFantasticTyphoon

    +1 4.7 years ago
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    52.5k Tang0five

    Thanks! @Trainzo much more satisfying and less frustrating these smaller builds!

    4.7 years ago
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    37.1k Typhoon03

    "Jolly nice, old chap!"

    +1 4.7 years ago
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    The British Banana

    +2 4.7 years ago
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    38.2k Trainzo

    I love it.

    4.7 years ago
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    38.2k Trainzo

    Just wahooo. Great job.

    +1 4.7 years ago