Beagle B.218

Le petit bimoteur Beagle B.218 ( ou M. 218 ) par Wikipedia (en)

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The Beagle B.218X (also known as the Beagle-Miles M.218) was a 1960s [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] four-seat twin-engined light transport [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] built by [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] at [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].
The prototype was modified into the Beagle B.242X but neither variant entered production.


Design and development

Before it became part of Beagle [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] had looked at producing a replacement for the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

Three twin-engined low-wing monoplane designs were considered, the fixed landing gear Miles 114 in two and four-seat versions and the retractable landing gear four-seat Miles 115.
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When Beagle was formed it was decided to build a prototype of the Miles 115 design designated the Beagle-Miles M.218, it was also decided to build a prototype of the Miles 114 as the M.117 but in the end it was not built.

The M.218 was of plastic construction and was a powered by two 145 hp (108 kW) [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] piston engines and had a retractable tricycle landing gear.

^{[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]} Construction started at the end of 1961 and it made its first flight at [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] on 19 August 1962.^{[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]}

[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] G-ASCX it was displayed at the 1962 [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] priced at £9,800, it did create interest from customers although they had a preference for metal built aircraft rather than the plastic M.218.

The production aircraft were to be named Martlet but the company did not have the money to put it into production and it was withdrawn in 1963 for modification.

A lot of the plastic parts were changed to metal and more powerful 195 hp (145 kW) IO-360 engines were fitted.

Now re-registered G-ASTX it reflew again on the 27 August 1963 and was re-designated the Beagle B.242.

The aircraft was issued with a certificate of airworthiness on 18 June 1965 but the company was busy with the production of the twin-engined [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and single-engined [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and could not afford to further develop the type or put it into production. The aircraft was withdrawn from use in 1966 and subsequently destroyed in a fire in August 1969.

Variants


Beagle B.218X

Prototype with O-300 engines, 1 built.^{[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]}

Beagle B.242X

M.218 extensively modified and fitted with IO-360 engines.

B 242

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Specifications (B.218X)


Data from ^{[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]}British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
  
• Capacity: 3 passengers
  
• Length: 25 ft 4 in (7.72 m)
  
• Wingspan: 37 ft 0 in (11.28 m)
  
• Empty weight: 2164 lb (982 kg)
  
• Gross weight: 3200 lb (1451 kg)
  
• Powerplant: 2 × [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] piston, 145 hp (108 kW) each
  

Performance

• Maximum speed: 185 mph (297 km/h)
  
• Cruise speed: 140 mph (225 km/h)