| Manufacturer |
Saunders-Roe |
Convair |
| Description |
The Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess was a British flying boat aircraft developed and built by Saunders-Roe at their Cowes facility on the Isle of Wight. |
The Convair NB-36H was an experimental aircraft that carried a nuclear reactor to test its protective radiation shielding for the crew, but did not use it to power the aircraft. |
| First Flight |
1952-08-22 |
1955-09-17 |
| Designer |
Saunders-Roe |
Convair |
| Type |
Flying boat airliner |
Experimental aircraft |
| Length (m) |
45.1104 |
49.38 |
| Height (m) |
16.764 |
14.23 |
| Cockpit Crew |
2 |
5 |
| Max Seating |
105 |
|
| Max Speed (km/h) |
611.1595 |
676 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
579.3638 |
434.5229 |
| Min Speed (km/h) |
181.4958 |
|
| Max Ceiling (m) |
11887.2 |
12200 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
9.652 |
|
| Capacity Description |
105 passengers in tourist and first class cabins / 137000 lb disposable load |
|
| Endurance (h) |
15 |
|
| National Origin |
United Kingdom |
|
| Number Built |
1 |
1 |
| Powerplant Description |
4 × Bristol Coupled-Proteus 610 turboprop, 3728 kW (5000 hp) each |
4 × General Electric J47 turbojets, 23.1 kN thrust each |
| Primary Users |
|
United States Air Force |
| Status |
|
Canceled in 1961 |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunders-Roe_Princess |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_NB-36H |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
66.7512 |
70.1 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
466.2804 |
443.3 |
| Aircraft Engine |
Bristol Proteus |
General Electric J47 |
| Number of Engines |
4 |
4 |