Bristol Babe
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Type Description
- Type 30 Babe Mk.I
- Small single-engined single-seat biplane with unswept staggered single-bay wings of unequal span. Full-span ailerons were fitted on the top wing only. The Vee interplane struts, one pair on each side, were reinforced by blocks at the bottom, where they spread out so as to form a rigid attachment for the bottom wing. The fuselage was plywood-skinned, with fabric covering it for protection. The cockpit was below the upper wing trailing edge with rounded decking aft to the tail. The fin and rudder were generous and rounded, the undercarriage a conventional single-axle plus tailskid arrangement, Originally to be powered by the 60 h.p. ABC Gadfly, it was fitted with a 45 h.p. Viale powerplant.
- Type 46 Babe Mk.II
- As the Type 30 Babe Mk.I but fitted with a 40 h.p. Siddeley Ounce powerplant.
- Type 46A Babe Mk.III
- As the Type 30 Babe Mk.I but fitted with a 60 h.p. Le Rhône powerplant.
- Type 46B Babe
Monoplane - Low wing a thick-section cantilever monoplane wing conversion of the Mk.III.
| Type 46A Babe Mk.III Specification | |||||||||
| Span | Length | Height | Wing Area | Empty Wt | Max AUW | Cruise Speed | Maximum Speed | Endurance | Service Ceiling |
| 19 ft 8 in | 14 ft 11 in | 5 ft 9 in | 108 sq ft | 460 lb | 840 lb | 107 mph/ 93 kn | 2-1/2 hr | 15000 ft | |
| 5.99 m | 4.55 m | 1.75 m | 10.03 m2 | 209 kg | 381 kg | 172 km/h | 4572 m | ||
Production Details
| C/n | Initial Registration |
Type | Notes |
| 3 aircraft built new by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset. | |||
| 5865 | none | Babe Mk.I | Not flown; converted to Mk.III and first flown as such on 14 April 1920, registered G-EASQ. Converted to Babe Monoplane in 1920, but never flown. |
| 5866 | none | Babe Mk.I | First flew on 28 November 1919; converted to Mk.III and first flown as such on on 18 December 1919, registered G-EAQD. |
| 5875 | none | Babe Mk.II | Not flown. |
| Babe Mk.I - Total Production, Built New 2 | |||
| Babe Mk.II - Total Production (New Built, Not Flown) 1 | |||
| Babe Mk.III - Total Production (2), all converted from Mk.I | |||
| Babe Monoplane - Total Production (1), converted from Mk.I | |||
Production Summary
All Aircraft By Type
| Type | Built New | Conv | Canc'd | Total |
| Type 30 Babe Mk.I | 2 | 2 | ||
| Type 46 Babe Mk.II | 1 | 1 | ||
| Type 46A Babe Mk.III | (2) | 2 | ||
| Type 46B Babe Monoplane | (1) | 1 | ||
| 3 | (3) | 0 |
Production References
- Bristol Aircraft Since 1910, C.H. Barnes (Putnam, 1964, 1970 and 1988)
Page Revision History
Revised at Version 2.0.0- Improved Type Description and Added Specification details.