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Beecraft Queen Bee

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The Beecraft Queen Bee was an American V-tailed four-seat cabin monoplane, designed and built by Bee Aviation Associates (Beecraft).

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Development

The Queen Bee was an all-metal cantilever low-wing monoplane powered by a Lycoming O-320-A1A flat-four piston engine. It had a V-tail and an electrically retractable tricycle landing gear. The canopy shared a similar shape as the Ryan Navion. The wings were outfitted with fiberglass tip tanks. A 180 hp Lycoming O-360-A-1-A was planned as an optional engine.

Only a prototype was built and the type did not enter production. The prototype was destroyed when the San Diego Aerospace Museum burned down in 1978.

Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 3 passengers
  • Length: 21 ft 10 in (6.65 m)
  • Wingspan: 32 ft 0 in (9.75 m)
  • Height: 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m)
  • Wing area: 130 sq ft (12 m2)
  • Empty weight: 1,190 lb (540 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 2,150 lb (975 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-320-A1A flat-four piston engine, 180 hp (130 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed Hartzell Model HC-82XG-1B

    • Performance

  • Cruise speed: 155 mph (135 kn; 249 km/h)
  • Stall speed: 55 mph (48 kn; 89 km/h)
  • Never exceed speed: 193 mph (168 kn; 311 km/h)
  • Range: 650 mi (565 nmi; 1,046 km)
  • Service ceiling: 15,000 ft (4,572 m)
  • Rate of climb: 900 ft/min (4.6 m/s)

    • References

    Beecraft Queen Bee Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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