Hunting H.126 Jet-Flap Research Aircraft
The Hunting H.126 was a British research aircraft built to investigate powered short takeoff and landing using a jet flap, directing engine exhaust through the wing-flap system. Only XN714 was completed; a second airframe was cancelled during construction. Stanley Oliver flew its first flight at RAE Bedford on March 26, 1963. Research continued through the museum history’s last recorded flight on November 9, 1967. The aircraft later underwent full-scale wind-tunnel testing at NASA Ames. Separate NASA tests of a one-seventh-scale model found reasonable agreement with aircraft lift and drag data, but poorer agreement in pitching moment and trim. That result illustrates the difficulty of extrapolating powered-lift model tests to full-scale behaviour.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Hunting H126H126H.126XN714
- Family Name
- Hunting H.126
- Full Name
- Hunting H.126 Jet-Flap Research Aircraft
- Roles
- researchexperimental
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- stol
- Description
- The Hunting H.126 was a British research aircraft built to investigate powered short takeoff and landing using a jet flap, directing engine exhaust through the wing-flap system. Only XN714 was completed; a second airframe was cancelled during construction. Stanley Oliver flew its first flight at RAE Bedford on March 26, 1963. Research continued through the museum history’s last recorded flight on November 9, 1967. The aircraft later underwent full-scale wind-tunnel testing at NASA Ames. Separate NASA tests of a one-seventh-scale model found reasonable agreement with aircraft lift and drag data, but poorer agreement in pitching moment and trim. That result illustrates the difficulty of extrapolating powered-lift model tests to full-scale behaviour.
- First Flight Year
- 1,963
- Last Flight Year
- 1,967
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 1
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Variant Notes
- RAF Museum history identifies an Orpheus engine without establishing its exact mark.
- Name
- Hunting H.126 Orpheus jet-flap installation
- Notes
- Engine exhaust supplied the jet-flap system; the published evidence supports the Orpheus family identity.
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- Creation Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:44:11 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:44:11 UTC