Miles Hobby Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd

First Flight:

4 September 1937

M.13 Hobby:

1 - Phillips & Powis, Woodley

Type Specification

Applies to:

Miles M.13 Hobby

Type:

Single seat racer for F.G.Miles

Wing:

Low wing cantilever monoplane of spruce structure covered in plywood. Wing tapers from root to tip. Split flaps fitted as standard

Fuselage:

Fuselage of spruce structure with plywood covering

Tail Unit:

Cantilever tailplane with elevator at top of fuselage with single fin and rudder

Landing Gear:

Main gear retracts inwards into wing. Tail skid

Power Plant:

One 140 de Havilland Gipsy Major II in nose fitted with two blade variable pitch propeller

Accommodation:

Single seat for pilot in enclosed cockpit over wing trailing edge

Span:

21 ft 5 in

Length:

22 ft 8 in

Height:

Unknown

Wing Area:

78 sq ft

Empty:

1,140 lb

All-up:

1,527 lb

Max Speed:

207 mph

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