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Q.6
Percival Aircraft Ltd · Six-seat military communications aircraft · Interwar (1919–1938)
The Percival Q.6 was a 1930s British communications aircraft built by Percival Aircraft Limited at Luton. Originally, the Percival Q.6 was a civil transport but It was used during the Second World War by the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy as a communications and liaison aircraft. It was a twin-engine, low-wing monoplane with a tailwheel undercarriage.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Domain
- Civil
- Era
- Interwar (1919–1938)
- Manufacturer
- Percival Aircraft Ltd
- Operator
- Royal Air Force; Fleet Air Arm; Lithuania; Egypt
- Primary Role
- Six-seat military communications aircraft
- Status
- Retired
- Service Entry
- 1938
- Produced
- 27
- Engine
- 2× 6-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line piston engines
- Thrust / Power
- 205 hp each
- Length (ft)
- 32
- Wingspan (ft)
- 46
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 3500
- MTOW (lb)
- 5500
- Endurance (hr)
- 4 hours at cruise
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 21000
- Range (mi)
- 700
- Max Speed (mph)
- 195