Little-known Beechcraft/Raytheon prototypes & projects

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Hi,

The Scaled Aircraft Composites designed and Beech built the UTT; it was a medium-
size utility transport test aircraft with two tandem high-wings and twin turboprop
engines,I have no drawings to it.
anther Beech little known aircraft was PD.208 which developed from Model-99.
 
The PD208 was a jet systems testbed using a Super King Air and JT15 (I think that was the engine...the one from the Citation 500) engines replacing the turboprops and exhausting over the wings.

The Scaled Composites Model 33 was the tandem wing 68% scale proof of concept vehicle as the ATTT (Advanced Technology Tactical Transport). Was the UTT you speak of a different aircraft?
 
thank you dear Sentinel,

and there was anther little known aircraft to Beech,such as
Beech-3000 and Beech D.33,which was a close support aircraft.
 
You're welcome, hesham.

The Beech D33 was a development of the Beech Bonanza intended for light close-air support. In 1965 the USAF conducted tests with a V-tail Bonanza (model S35) that had been modified with a conventional cruciform tail unit and six wing hardpoints with the inner pylons stressed for 600 lbs and the two outer pylons on each wing stressed to 300 lbs. Testing took place at Eglin AFB, Florida, but I've never seen a picture of the aircraft. I wonder if it was camouflaged or not.

Model 3000? That's news to me.
 
I've seen a photo, although I think it was based on the A36 Bonanza, & it appeared to be in SEA camo. The pic was b & w. It also appeared to have a 'skylight' type of overhead window. Beech also produced the QU-22, which was based on the model 33 & powered by a TCM GTSIO-520.



Sentinel Chicken said:
You're welcome, hesham.

The Beech D33 was a development of the Beech Bonanza intended for light close-air support. In 1965 the USAF conducted tests with a V-tail Bonanza (model S35) that had been modified with a conventional cruciform tail unit and six wing hardpoints with the inner pylons stressed for 600 lbs and the two outer pylons on each wing stressed to 300 lbs. Testing took place at Eglin AFB, Florida, but I've never seen a picture of the aircraft. I wonder if it was camouflaged or not.

Model 3000? That's news to me.
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Hi,

also Beech little known aircraft were series 1000,such as
Model-997,1001,1019,1025,1070,1072,1088,1089,1092,
1094,1095 and 1102 targets and RPV aircraft,and Model-1074
YQU-22A and Model-1079 QU-22B.
 
Don't want to muddy the waters, but I've found this accindentally and
tomorrow it may be forgotten ..
Here's another Beech design, a twin engined commuter, although no
design number is given (from Aviation Week 1979 10-18)
 

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Two concepts from 2003
 

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Here is a series of little-known Beechcraft types and projects:

- The PD-285-4 (prototype of the Model 77 Skipper)
- The PD-183 COIN proposal for the OV-10 competition
- The Grumman-Beechcraft VTX advanced trainer proposal
- The Model 73 Jet Mentor advanced trainer proposal
 

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The second plane from the top is a Beechcraft Skipper. It was intended to fill in the general aviation trainer market like aircraft such as the Cessna 150/152 and the Piper Tomahawk. Beechcraft actually sold a fair number of these aircraft.
 
Well, yeah... technically it was already a Skipper, but it's the prototype of them all, which was NOT designated as the Model 77 or the Skipper at that stage.
 
Around 1945/1946 Beechcraft seems to have produced the Model 16.
Described as a low wing light training aircraft with all-metal construction. The aircraft was said to have been registered as N9716Q.
Does any one know whether there are illustrations and/or details of this aircraft??
Thanks!!
 
Hi all
From an old "aviation magazine" I have this one
 

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The beech 81 from "aviation magazine"
 

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toura said:
The beech 81 from "aviation magazine"
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Interesting! This is in fact the Rutan Model 81! Other Rutan designs were assimilated as Beech types (the 143 Triumph, the 133 SCAT, the 115 Starship) but I'd forgotten that the Catbird had also been presented as a Beech type at the time. Thanks for sharing!
 

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