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284 FLIGHT, 27 August 1954 HINDUSTAN HT-2 Designed by Dr. V. M. Ghatage, the HT-2 is the first aircraft of wholly Indian origin to be put into production. Intended for both military and civil basic training, it is powered by a 155 h.p. Cirrus Major III driving a fixed-pitch wooden airscrew, and is thus rather more powerful than the generally similar Chipmunk; it is, however, some 300 lb heavier than the Canadian machine. Instructor and pupil are seated in tandem, each cockpit having its own sliding canopy. The airframe is entirely of metal, and exterior riveting is generally flush. The fixed undercarriage employs oleo-pneumatic shock absorbers and hydraulic disc brakes. Each inner wing houses a 13-gallon fuel tank, but no provision is made for an external load to be carried. Split flaps are fitted, and light v.h.f. radio can be carried, there being a whip aerial on the rear fuselage decking. Production of the HT-2 is being maintained at a level matched with the needs of the Indian Air Force, in which Service it is the standard basic trainer. A production machine is shown on p. 290. Hindustan also have a more powerful advanced trainer under development. AUSTRALIA D.A.P. Canberra B.20 D.A.P. Lincoln B.30 ... D.A.P. Pika D.A.P. Jindivik 2 ... CA-22 Winjeel CA-27 Sabre D.H.A.3 Drover D.H. Vampire F.B.30 CANADA Avro Canada CF-100-4 Avro Canada CF-102 Avro Canada CF-105 Canadair C-4 Canadair C-5 Canadair Sabre 4 ... Canadair Sabre S ... Canadair Silver Star Canadair CL-27 CanCar Harvard 4 ... CanCar Mentor D.H.C.1 Chipmunk ... D.H.C.2 Beaver D.H.C.3 Otter D.H.-built S2F (Grumman design) Fleet-built Courier ... Fleet-built LZ-5 INDIA Hindustan HT-2 Hindustan HT-10 No. 2 4 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 4 2 4 4 4 2 AIRCRAFT of Power Unit(i) Type C.A.C. Avon C.A.C. Merlin 102... A.S.M. Adder A.S.M. Viper P & W R-985 C.A.C. Avon G. Major 10 C.A.C. Nene Avro Orenda 11 ... R-R Derwent Avro Waconda (?) R-R Merlin 720-6 ... P & W R-2800 J47-GE-27 Avro Orenda 10 ... R-R Nene 10 Wright R-3350 ... rP&WR-1340 Continental G. Major 1c P & W R-985 P&WR-1340 Wright R-1820 ... Lycoming Lycoming SO-580-D Cirrus Major III ... P & W R-1830 Total power * 13,000 7,000 1,100 1,900 455 7,500 435 5,000 15.000 14,400 30,000t 7,040 9,000 5.800 6,500 5,100 14,800 550 225 140 450 600 3,000 260 400 155 1,050 the Span (ft) 64 120 19 19 39 37 57 38 52 98 — 117 117 37 37 36 141 42 33 34 48 58 — 39 48* 35 44 CO Length (ft) 66 84 23 23 29 38 36 31 54 82 — 94 94 38 38 38 120t 30 26 25 30 42 — 30 m 25 33 MMC Gross Weight (lb) 82,000 — __ 4,235 17,000 6,500 11,000 40,000 65,000 50,000t 82,300 86,000 16,000 16,000 12,000 150,000t 5,617 2,900 1,900 4,820 7,600 — 2,800 5,000 2,240 8,500 )NWEALTH — 1954 Max. Speed (m.p.h.) 290 — _ 187 700 140f 570 660 450f M — 1-5f 320 340 670 690 600 400f 210 190 140 164 160 — 157f 98 130 230f Typical Load or Operational Equipment ^ Various, up to 22,000 lb. Pilot and small amount of test gear. Radio-governed autopilot. Three seats, 72 gal fuel. Two 30 mm guns, under- wing racks. Six/eight passengers. Four 20 mm guns, plus 2,000 lb underwing load 104 rockets and eight 0.5in guns. 12,700 lb payload. Guided weapons. About 15,000 lb or 40 seats About 18.000 lb. Six O.Sin guns. Six 0.5in guns. Under wing stores. Two 0.5in guns. Dual control. Various offensive stores internally. Two'seats. Two seats. Radio. Two seats. 742 lb dis posable. Up to seven seats. Up to 17 seats. Four seats, weapons and radar 900 lb. (agricultural 1.600). 2,140 lb or six passengers. Two seats. Two seats side-by-side. Remarks In production. Total of 73 built. Length is 6ft greater after modification for anti-tub recce. Development prototype only. In production. High subsonic speed. 62 on order. From No. 30 all will have Cicada engine (p.297 )• In production. No longer in production. 80 built for R.A.A.F. In production. One prototype only, built 1949, Development contract: prototype to be built. Will have delta wing. 72 built, civil version pressurized. One only. V.I.P. transport. About 800 built, 370 for R.A.F. In production; about 300 delivered. In production; about 350 delivered. Development of Britannia. Gradual production until 1961. 550 built since 1945, some for U.S.A.P. as T-6G Texan. About 200 for U.S.A.F. as T-34A; possibly for R.C.A.F. later. Total of 158 built; about 900 more from U.K. In production; about 620 delivered. In production; about 40 delivered. To be manufactured in Canada, D.H. being "prime contractor." Licence from Helio Aircraft Corp. Agricultural weight 3,800 lb. Licence from Doman Helicopters, Inc. In production for I.A.F. Available for export. Prototype being built. ^mm * Pounds thrust or horsepower; f Estimated value; J Rotor diameter and fuselage length.
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