The Skandinaviska Aero BHT-1 Beauty is a 1940s
Swedish single-seat light
monoplane designed by E. Bratt, K.E. Hilfing and B.Törnblom and built by
Skandinaviska Aero of
Stockholm.
Design
The BHT-1 is a wooden low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable
tailwheel landing gear. Powered by a 60 hp (45 kW)
Walter Mikron 4 piston engine it has an enclosed single-seat cockpit. The wings include slotted flaps.[1]
Variants
The BHT-2 was a proposed two-seat development.
A prototype constant speed propeller was developed for the aircraft using differential between engine oil, and ram air pressure to control pitch.[1]
Specifications
Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II,[2] Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947[3]
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 6.82 m (22 ft 5 in)
Height: 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Wing area: 7 m2 (75 sq ft)
Empty weight: 240 kg (529 lb)
Gross weight: 365 kg (805 lb) aerobatic
Max takeoff weight: 420 kg (926 lb) long-range
Fuel capacity: 88 L (23 US gal; 19 imp gal) in three tanks, plus 127 L (34 US gal; 28 imp gal) in "special reserve" fuel tank