Botín P-1
| Botín P-1 | |
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| The Botín P-1 in 1934. | |
Role
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Commercial passenger flying boat |
National origin
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 Creeperopolis
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Manufacturer
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Botín Aircraft Corporation |
First flight
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1932 |
Introduction
|
1933 |
Retired
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March 1938 |
Status
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Sole prototype destroyed |
Primary user
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Creeperian Air Force |
Number built
|
1 |
The Botín P-1 was a Creeperian twin-engine piston flying boat built by the Botín Aircraft Corporation.
Contents
History
In June 1930, the Botín Aircraft Corporation sought to beat the Maroto Aircraft Company's MA-1 to be the first passenger airliner to be delivered to the newly established national airline, the Creeperian Domestic and International Airway Systems (SANIC). In 1932, the Botín P-1 was displayed in Adolfosburg and flew for the first time. In late-December 1932, SANIC placed an order for 20 Botín P-1 aircraft, however, the outbreak of the Creeperian Civil War in 1933 resulted in the order never being fulfilled.
Only one prototype for the Botín P-1 was ever built. The sole prototype was used by the Creeperian Air Force of the National Council for Peace and Order to transport important officials. The Botín P-1 crashed while landing at Adolfosburg in March 1938, killing all on board, resulting in the sole prototype being scrapped.
Operators
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 3 flight crew + cabin crew
- Capacity: up to 32 passengers in four 8-seat compartments
- Length: 69 ft 10.5625 in (21.299488 m)
- Wingspan: 95 ft (29 m)
- Hull beam: 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) maximum
- Hull depth: 13 ft (4.0 m) maximum
- Height: 24 ft 6.25 in (7.4740 m)
- Wing area: 1,295 sq ft (120.3 m2)
- Mean aerodynamic chord: 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m)
- Empty weight: 16,500 lb (7,484 kg)
- Gross weight: 28,500 lb (12,927 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Ribelles M-P1 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 1,000 hp (750 kW) each
- Propellers: 3-bladed constant-speed propellers
Performance
- Maximum speed: 167 mph (269 km/h, 145 kn) at sea level
- 178 mph (155 kn; 286 km/h) at 5,000 ft (1,500 m)
- Cruise speed: 150 mph (240 km/h, 130 kn) at 75% power at sea level
- 156 mph (136 kn; 251 km/h) at 75% power at 5,000 ft (1,500 m)
- 164 mph (143 kn; 264 km/h) at 75% power at 9,600 ft (2,900 m)
- Alighting speed: 66 mph (57 kn; 106 km/h)
- Range: 1,500 mi (2,400 km, 1,300 nmi) with 32 passengers
- 3,300 mi (2,900 nmi; 5,300 km) with 12 passengers
- Service ceiling: 14,300 ft (4,400 m) *Absolute ceiling: 16,400 ft (5,000 m)
- Rate of climb: 550 ft/min (2.8 m/s) at sea level
- 585 ft/min (2.97 m/s) at 5,000 ft (1,500 m)
- Wing loading: 22 lb/sq ft (110 kg/m2)
- Power/mass: 0.07 hp/lb (0.12 kW/kg)
