Saro Skeeter Aircraft

Skeeter AOP.12, Cosford

Production Details

Design Company:

Saunders-Roe Limited

First Flight:

10 October 1948

Skeeter 1:

1 - Cierva Autogiro Company

Skeeter 2:

1 - Cierva Autogiro Company

Skeeter 3:

2 - Saunders-Roe Limited

Skeeter 4:

1 - Saunders-Roe Limited

Skeeter 5:

1 - Saunders-Roe Limited

Skeeter 6:

3 - Saunders-Roe Limited

Skeeter 8:

1 - Saunders-Roe Limited

Skeeter AOP.10:

3 - Saunders-Roe Limited

Skeeter T.11:

1 - Saunders-Roe Limited

Skeeter AOP.12:

64 - Saunders-Roe Limited

Skeeter 50:

6 - Saunders-Roe Limited

Skeeter 51:

4 - Saunders-Roe Limited

Type Specification

Applies to:

Saunders-Roe Skeeter 6

Type:

Two seat light helicopter

Rotor System:

Three blade main rotor, fully articulated hub with drag and flapping hinges. Rotor blades have steel tubular spars, wood ribs and wood and fabric skin. One two blade anti torque and steering rotor with solid wooden blades

Fuselage:

Steel tubular centre section, sheet metal fabricated front fuselage, sheet metal monocoque tail boom

Landing Gear:

Tricycle type

Power Plant:

One 200 hp de Havilland Gipsy Major four cylinder inverted air cooled engine

Accommodation:

Cabin seats two side by side

Rotor Diameter:

32 ft

Length:

28 ft 5 in

Height:

10 ft 2 in

Empty:

1,607 lb

Loaded:

2,202 lb

Max Speed:

107 mph

Vertical Climb:

365 ft/min

Service Ceiling:

12,300 ft

Max Range:

240 miles

Preserved in British Museums

Skeeter AOP.12:

XL738 - Yorkshire Helicopter Preservation Group, Doncaster - Off-site Restoration XL762 - Museum of Flight, East Fortune Aerodrome - Stored XL763 - Yorkshire Helicopter Preservation Group, Doncaster - Off-site Restoration XL764 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Showground - Display XL770 - Solent Sky, Southampton - Display XL811 - The Helicopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare Aerodrome - Display XL813 - Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop Airfield - Display XM555 - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon - Display XM561 - AeroVenture, Doncaster - Display XM564 - Tank Museum, Bovington - Display XN341 - Stondon Transport Museum, Lower Stondon - Display XN344 - Science Museum, South Kensington - Display

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