Trislander

[Nick]

The Britten-Norman Trislander as seen at Duxford in June 2019.

[kerick]

Getting the CoG right before takeoff must be challenging. Move different pieces of baggage and passengers around until about right.

[rickshaw]

What I find interesting is the differing number of prop blades between the front and the back engines...

[kerick]

I hadn't noticed that, very curious.

[AS.12]

Originally all three engines had two-bladed props, the three-bladers were a retrofit to reduce noise but would have required re-certification if fitted to the centre engine.

The centre nacelle also had fittings for a Bristol Aerojet rocket to boost take-off performance, which could make it a Quadislander.... for 12 seconds.

[ericr]

a one-of-a-kind design, I gess, for a trimotor (at least in propeller propulsion)