Thruxton Jackaroo

Jackaroo

Role	Cabin Tourer Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Jackaroo Aircraft Limited
First flight	1957
Primary user	Wiltshire School of Flying
Number built	19 conversions
Developed from	de Havilland Tiger Moth

The Thruxton Jackaroo was a 1950s British four-seat cabin biplane converted from a de Havilland Tiger Moth by Jackaroo Aircraft Limited at Thruxton Aerodrome and Rollason Aircraft and Engines Limited at Croydon Airport.

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History

The Thruxton Jackaroo was designed as a four-seat cabin general purpose biplane, the original tandem two-seat Tiger Moth fuselage was widened to allow side-by-side seating for 4 people.^[1] It was marketed as "the cheapest four-seat aircraft in the world".^[2] The first conversion first flew on 2 March 1957.^[3] Eighteen Tiger Moths were converted by Jackaroo Aircraft Limited between 1957 and 1959 and one aircraft was converted by Rollason's in 1960.^[1] The aircraft could be fitted with an optional crop spraying gear.^[4] One converted aircraft was further modified as a single-seat agricultural aircraft, but with little interest in the variant the aircraft was converted back to a Mk. 1.^[1]

Variants

Jackaroo Mk 1: Production cabin biplane with wooden canopy.^[1]
Jackaroo Mk 2: Single-seat Agricultural variant with either a hopper or 60-gal tank in place of the two front seats, one conversion.^[1]^[2]
Jackaroo Mk 3: Production cabin biplane with metal canopy and provision for brakes.^[1]

Specifications

Data from De Havilland Aircraft since 1909^[5]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Capacity: 3 passengers
Length: 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m)
Wingspan: 30 ft 4+1⁄4 in (9.25 m)
Height: 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Wing area: 239 sq ft (22.2 m²)
Empty weight: 1,360 lb (617 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 2,180 lb (989 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy Major 4-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line piston engine, 130 hp (97 kW)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 102 mph (164 km/h, 89 kn)
Cruise speed: 90 mph (140 km/h, 78 kn)
Range: 250 mi (400 km, 220 nmi)
Rate of climb: 600 ft/min (3.0 m/s)

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Jackson 1987, pp. 309-311
^ ^a ^b "Thruxton Jackaroo". Flight. 29 August 1958. p. 327.
^ Bridgman 1958, p. 92.
^ "Handling the Thruxton Jackaroo". Flight. 12 July 1957. p. 44.
^ Jackson 1987, p. 311.

Bridgman, Leonard (1958). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958–59. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.
Jackson, A.J. (1987). De Havilland Aircraft since 1909 (3rd ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-802-X.

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