This aircraft paper model is a Miles M.52, a turbojet powered supersonic research aircraft project designed in the United Kingdom in the mid 1940s, the paper model was created by Hol_nice, and the scale of the papercraft is in 1:72.

In 1946 the Air Ministry controversially changed the project to a series of unmanned rocket-powered scale aircraft, launched from a modified de Havilland Mosquito. In a successful test flight Mach 1.38 was achieved by a scale model in normally controllable transonic and supersonic level flight, a unique achievement at that time which validated the aerodynamics of the M.52. At that point the ministry cancelled that project and issued a new requirement which was to result in the English Electric Lightning. Work on the afterburning version of the Power Jets W.B.2/700 turbojet was also cancelled and the Power Jets company was incorporated into the National Gas Turbine Establishment.

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 28 ft (8.5 m)
• Wingspan: 27 ft (8.2 m)
• Wing area: 108.1 ft² (10.04 m²)
• Loaded weight: 7,710 lb (3,500 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 8,200 lb (3,720 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Power Jets W.2/700 turbojet (fitted with augmentor and afterburner), 4,000 lbf (17.8 kN)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 1,000 mph (1,600 km/h) at 36,000 ft (11,000 m)
• Stall speed: 170 mph (274 km/h)
• Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (10,972 m)
• Rate of climb: to 36,000 ft in 1.5 minutes
• Wing loading: 55.4 lb/sq ft

You can download this paper craft model here: Miles M.52 Free Aircraft Paper Model Download