Supersonic 1940s MILES M.52 RC Electric Ducted Fan JET [*UltraHD and 4K*]

Supersonic 1940s MILES M.52 RC Electric Ducted Fan JET [*UltraHD and 4K*]
A rarely modelled Miles M.52 radio controlled jet, scratch built from a 3 plan view of the original full size aircraft. Powered by a Wemotec 90mm electric ducted fan system and running on 6S5000 lithium polymer battery pack.
Filmed by Dom Mitchell for the 'Essential RC' KZbin channel using the Panasonic AG-UX180 4K pro camcorder.
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More information on the full size Miles M.52 airplane:
The Miles M.52 was a turbojet-powered supersonic research aircraft project designed in the United Kingdom in the mid-1940s. In October 1943, Miles Aircraft was issued with a contract to produce the aircraft in accordance with Air Ministry Specification E.24/43. The programme was highly ambitious for its time, aiming to produce an aircraft and engine capable of unheard-of speeds of at least 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 km/h) during level flight, and involved a very high proportion of cutting-edge aerodynamic research and innovative design work.
Between 1942 and 1945, all work on the project was undertaken with a high level of secrecy. In February 1946, the programme was terminated by the new Labour government of Clement Attlee, seemingly due to budgetary reasons, as well as a disbelief held by some ministry officials on the viability of supersonic aircraft in general. In September 1946, the existence of the M.52 was revealed to the general public, leading to calls for official explanation as to why the project had been terminated and derision of the decision. The Air Ministry controversially decided to revive the design, but as a series of unmanned rocket-powered 30 per cent scale models instead of the original manned full-scale aircraft that had been previously under development. These unmanned scale models were air-launched from a modified de Havilland Mosquito mother ship.
During one 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 had cancelled that project and issued a new requirement, which would ultimately result in the English Electric Lightning interceptor aircraft. 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. The design and the research gained from the M.52 was shared with the American company Bell Aircraft, who applied it to their own Bell X-1 high speed prototype aircraft, which went on to become the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in 1947.

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[@ahmed786tutu]

nice stable aircraft behavior like a real plane.

[@britishairtours]

Brilliant, Capt. Eric 'Winkle' Brown would have loved to see this, he was destined to fly the M52, sadly he passed away last year

[@ThePipcg]

I love an unusual model and this shows what the real one would have looked like in the air. Great job.

[@mikewhite4628]

How good to see such an unusual model and so well flown too. I saw the remains of this aircraft at Woodley (Miles factory) when I was invited to visit in 1947. What a shame that the UK was so poor financially in those days that this project was given to the United States. I subsequently heard that it was, allegedly, given as part payment for our war debt as was the TSR2 design data and other British design data.

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

Not true, the Miles M.52 never actually existed so there was nothing for the Americans to gain from it. The M.52 scandal is a very embarrassing and shameful chapter in British history and a lot of effort has gone into rewriting what really happened... corruption, nepotism, fraud and embezzlement was what the M.52 story is all about, the secrecy surrounding the M.52 cancellation was to protect the new Labour government and the British people from hearing the shameful truth...

[@claudebylion9932]

This airplane was designed for Eric “winkle” Brown and would definitely have broken the sound barrier with the ultimate test pilot Winkle aboard. It had a revolutionary jet engine “for the time” aboard and the Americans “stole” much of its technology but THEY had to resort to rocket power on board the X1. OK back to the model, FABULOUS.

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

Spare us the wishful thinking... the M.52 never existed and so could never have broke the sound barrier.

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

Americans cannot steal something that never existed.

[@gergatron7000]

Ok troll, you are wrong on both counts. Eric Brown was witness to the whole thing, and pretty much echoed the post you're trying to argue with. The scale model achieved mach 1.3, proving the soundness of the design. The Americans did not "steal" the technology as such, but they bought it. The flying tail was something the British had implemented on this design and the Bell X1 was not going to break the barrier without this vital component. So read up on your history before engaging in the usual (boring) patriotism that we always see on these aviation channels.

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

@@gergatron7000 Ol' Winkle didn't witness anything... because the M.52 never existed. The Americans could not benefit from an aircraft that does not exist. Bollocks mate, the Horizontal Stabilator is an American invention that dates back to the Wright Flyer. The Fly-by-wire, cockpit adjustable electric stabilator trim system used in the Bell X1 was copied from the *Messerschmitt Me-262* The model rocket was tested by Vickers not Miles and was long after Miles was removed from the project and well after the sound barrier was broken. It in no way proves the Miles M.52 was capable of achieving supersonic flight. In hindsight it is clear that Whittle's engine was never going achieve enough thrust or even become a flight rated design. The M.52 is nothing but a fairy tale that exists only in the British imagination.

[@gergatron7000]

@@sandervanderkammen9230 so now you're calling Eric Brown a liar... Okay then 🙄

[@grahampalmer9337]

Even the RC model is exceptionally quick !

[@narkmallingerugardentool6217]

Differential ailerons that's really some skill for a power pilot to remember that

[@michaelmcgovern8110]

BRAVO!!! I was terrified of it's stall characteristics, especially if you "researched" them during base-to-final. But you nailed it!

[@udoworner4399]

Thumps up...it's a great model...she fly's so powerful...landing was little bit hard...i love it.

[@AbuTayibaRCVideos]

It seems like a rocket with wings. Awesome flight👍

[@bogwopit666]

If flies really well it looks as smooth as silk.

[@StonyRC]

That is a great model of a very unusual aircraft ... and flown expertly in the blustery conditions.

[@Spawn-td8bf]

Nice job as always. The first thing I noticed was the look of terror on the scale pilot's face. I guess he realized his cockpit was actually IN the intake cone. I imagine ejecting was a precarious process at best. Very cool. Nice to see younger people taking an interest in prototype aircraft. Thank you so much for bringing these odd but wonderful planes to light. God Bless, Paul from Florida.

[@TimothyPaigeChambers]

Spawn 1960 The nose cone had explosive bolts so it could be jettisoned in an emergency.

[@Spawn-td8bf]

Interesting approach. At least they had a plan. Still, I'd be quite reluctant to climb inside. lol.

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

I've never heard of this aircraft, but cockpit location was the first thing I noticed! That it was the inlet spike left me feeling like this was a dead end project right off, one of those "cool design" things which in actual production would be anything but.

[@grabakasennin2763]

xD

[@kazsmaz]

Oldbmwr100rs it was the british plan to break the sound barrier first and it nearly did it. Americans asked for the plan on it and we said sure if you give us your plan for one too. We gave the plan first. Americans never delivered theirs. We gave up. Look up Scott manleys video on it

[@ZagadkaTeg]

Awesome. I've always fancied building myself a D-21 but wasn't sure I could get an EDF to work with such a small intake area - this shows it can - and well. Respect and thanks for sharing!

[@Aengus42]

You just need a bloody great gas turbine with reheat to form the shockwave to increase the airflow as designed. The bloody yanks even nicked that for the SR-71!

[@66tbird1]

A++ Strong build, great flight and awesome subject.

[@pankajjaiswal6498]

Super smooth flight !

[@bilyferrache]

Wonderfull and Fantastic

[@ecurb10]

That is beautiful! Sounds great too! Well done! What a great plane for ducted fan...

[@ecurb10]

I gather that's a lit-up tail pipe? Looks effective.

[@EssentialRC]

It is, yes.

[@AndrewVosper]

Shame they never got chance to build it, looks like it flys beautifully

[@WilhelmKarsten]

Shame that they embezzled all the money that supposed to pay for it... shameful chapter in British aviation history

[@fritzwrangle-clouder6033]

@@WilhelmKarsten Hello Sandyboy, as you know your claim of embezzlement is a lie and you *WILL FAIL* to back it up.

[@jirihamersky6152]

Amazing. Great Job.

[@caspermaster-com]

That looks and flies increddible

[@nickdanger3802]

The Miles M.20; Aircraft Equivalent of the STEN Gun - KZbin

[@oscarzt1652]

that is quite a interesting shape airplane

[@rohlmannflieger]

Very well done!

[@BariFPV]

That is such an awesome looking model! Even though the pilot was just doing right hand circuits but it was a treat to watch. You were right when you pointed out how small the wings were. If only it had a gas turbine.

[@johnjephcote7636]

I presume no all - moving tail.

[@johnarizona3820]

Really stable flight, like a bullet, nice!

[@geoffhalsey2184]

Looks amazing.

[@craigpennington1251]

Cool stuff man. Good bit of flying as well Nice&smooth. Very unusual aircraft. I do like it.

[@johnnoble01]

Great model!

[@welshpete12]

Congratulations , on landing a very tricky aircraft so well !

[@arnonymes34]

This plane is really beautiful ! Good job !

[@EssentialRC]

Thanks Arno. Glad you enjoyed the vid. Subscribe for regular awesome vids like this! Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

[@JaleelJohanson62]

The glide ratio was a little better than a stone... lol Nice flight and nice landing!

[@andrewmcphee8965]

Awesome model of an awesome aircraft, flies so nice too, a big thumbs up!

[@EssentialRC]

Yeah, agree Andrew. See that model fly at the event was the highlight. Rare to see a scale model designed and built from scratch.Flew so well. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

[@adegsx11]

Made me grin as it took off & flyby...

[@P61guy61]

Superb

[@DutchRC]

I was sure to be hearing a roaring turbine engine :D Very unusual model this, especially in white :) Flies well though :D Cheers & thanks for sharing!

[@Emiliocab47]

Love this channel

[@richardcurant4929]

brilliant video and model.

[@reefer2917]

looks great!

[@tomgt007sugden]

I fucking love it 👍👍👍👍

[@thealloyd4292]

brilliant

[@9fq6z]

This of course is where the design for Thunderbird one came from!

[@robertdodd2087]

I was thinking Fireball XL5, which predated thunderbird, complete with detachable cockpit

[@Hunter-sq9wf]

Excellent model, flew with authority in windy conditions. Are plans available?

[@scottnix4991]

Very impressive model. The airfoil appears to be scale. Must have been a hand full. That wing could slice tomatoes.

[@sonex413]

Nice to see the odd birds get modeled! I love showing up at the field with a plane that nobody can ID! Kudos to the builder on a true scratch build. I was amazed when he got it off the ground in that tall grass...looks like it flies on rails...nice and solid when slowed for approach too. Great jobs on the model and the video. Fans of scratchbuilding are invited to stop by my channel and check out the little blue plane

[@dginia]

Great project! I am envious of the camera work. Did the real one ever break the sound barrier? Obvious this is before the Area Rule thing that brought in the coke bottle fuselage.

[@ThePipcg]

No, there was never a full size airworthy version built. Some months after the Bell broke the sound barrier, a scale model was dropped from a Mosquito and it completely trashed the sound barrier, thus proving the concept. It was the all moving slab tail that was necessary for control during the trans and supersonic regime. Bell got theirs from Miles since because of the agreement between USA and UK after the war, all aviation technology was shared. Bell's engineers had either a really good look at or were sent Miles' plans which gave them what they needed. I am sorry to say, no aviation technology made it the other way across the Atlantic. Odd that Miles' project was cancelled when it was!

[@dginia]

It does seem that the 'fairness' response from USA back to GB was totally lacking. Does not make me, as an American, happy.

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

Bell designed the X1 based on the aerodynamic data from the Browning .50 caliber bullet and NACA tests on the Curtiss XP-42 at the Langley Field's laboratory wind tunnel and actual flight tests... another key feature found on the X1 was borrowed from the Germans... not the British. Only Germany had large scale supersonic wind tunnels at this time. Rhere is absolutely no evidence to support the claims that any data from Miles or the M.52 program was ever used in the development of the Bell X1.

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

@@ThePipcg Great story and although its a very popular story in the U.K. the story is also completely untrue.

[@fritzwrangle-clouder6033]

@@sandervanderkammen9230 Hello Sandyboy, as you know, your claim of a borrowed German feature is a lie based on your misrepresentation of a feature shared by the Westland Lysander.

[@Lensman864]

Take that History! Great work. It really would have flown and Winkle should have passed Mach 1. What a waste.

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

The M.52 never existed so we will never know if the actual aircraft would have flown as intended... in hindsight we know that Whittle's engine was never capable of achieving supersonic flight installed in the M.52.

[@fritzwrangle-clouder6033]

@@sandervanderkammen9230 Hello Sandyboy, what we do know is that you WILL FAIL to prove your claim that Whittle's engine was never capable of achieving supersonic flight installed in the M.52. As you know the Miles M.52 was considerably more real than your than your mythological 1.44 mach Me 262.

[@Jeppelelle]

WTF, its flying like its on rails (except for the landing), very surprising and really awesome to see these more unusual airplane getting modeled

[@anotherdave5107]

Jesper Andersson - if only they could have cut the grass to scale...

[@dgvinn]

awesome work there , what could have been eh

[@andrewanderson5297]

It would be nice to have stenciled under the cockpit window "Capt'n E. (Winkle) Brown"

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day, Yikes ! Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown (R.I.P.) would've loved this...; while feeling righteously disgruntled by it, all at the same time..., methinketh...(?) ! ;-p Ciao !

[@pslatts5566]

just need a sonic boom generator now.......

[@sundayfloater2926]

Nice - remembers me on a flying pig.

[@britishairtours]

I would highly recommend Winkle Brown's book Miles M52. All you need to know from the man who was destined to fly it. My copy is signed by him so you are not borrowing it :-)

[@htetaung8025]

I like this body

[@andysmith4394]

This why I'm in this hobbie people that make plane like this wow so cool great filming 😉👍

[@flybobbie1449]

I think a model was flown and broke sound barrier.

[@Use-or-Lose]

Yes!🤫 An M-52 was slung under a Mosquito, having taken off from the Sicily Isles. Pilotless the M-52 flew westward across the Atlantic. It’s telemetry stated it reached a speed of Mach 1.3.🇬🇧

[@DoktorBayerischeMotorenWerke]

Compression drag is scalar and the scale model does not translate this to a full-size aircraft. We know in hindsight that the full-sized M.52 could have never achieved Mach 1 in level flight.

[@DoktorBayerischeMotorenWerke]

@@Use-or-Lose We know conclusively that the full-sized M.52 could never reach Mach 1... it simply lacked the thrust to drag ratio performance to achieve supersonic performance

[@ProChoiceJesus]

Awesome bird and video...however, it appears as though it'd be a good aerobatic platform & would look very cool doing aileron rolls especially. Why only right-side-up flight?

[@EssentialRC]

One of its first few flights. The owner was being very cautious with it. Understandable after all the effort that had gone into it. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

[@simonchaddock4274]

Did the full size have the nose gear retract to under the cockpit? I doubt it as the whole nose section was intended to be jetissonable so it could slow down from supersonic before the pilot bailed out in the normal way.

[@willbeavor8730]

They did intend the nose wheel to retract into the nose cone. The wheel stowing between the pilots legs within an enclosure. I cheated a bit on the model because the hobby retract unit is massive, in scale, compared to what the real one would have been. I also cheated with the pilot slightly to try and hide the retract unit.

[@heresteven]

It looks cute coming down. Paint a face on it.

[@gregyates736]

Is your air intake around the nose cone only? VERY NICE

[@EssentialRC]

Yup. And no cheater holes! Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

[@asoftraiden]

I dont like rc planes, I dont know why I am watching it for hours.

[@EssentialRC]

It's an addictive Class A drug buddy. You've come to the best dealer. It's all good.

[@GFTP100]

Wow, what a fantastic model to model! Flys very well too. Congratulations! Question: Is any supplemental air provided to the EDF intake when the gear doors are open? The inlet ring area around the canopy cone just seems so restrictive. Thanks.

[@michaelhartzell9758]

StormyMaxPerry I was thinking the exact thing but I guess it does. I didn't even think it would fly...

[@willbeavor8730]

Hi, I'm the builder/flyer of the model, the fan only gets it's air from the intake. The intake area is actually bigger than the fan area. It's quite deceptive because the fuselage is so large in diameter. The fan is 90mm the fuselage is 222mm.

[@GFTP100]

Hi Will, yes the area of that inlet is difficult to judge by just looking at the video and photos. You have a special and unique EDF there. Keep it flying ;)

[@BariFPV]

StormyMaxPerry even if it were restrictive, it would cause a low pressure which would consequently increase the velocity of the airflow hence it would achieve higher airspeed. Best example Black Bird's ram jets :)

[@falcon-hearth6114]

Question Did this electric scale model reach supersonic? I need answers please.

[@xres1329]

Was not this a French Leduc design originally?

[@paweldun]

steve buscemi as the pilot... LOL

[@Killerplanes]

Imagine being the pilot in the real one... first thing through the wall!

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

In the real one? The M.52 never existed.

[@fritzwrangle-clouder6033]

@@sandervanderkammen9230Hello Sandyboy, as you know, the Miles M.52 was considerably more real than your than your mythological 1.44 mach Me 262.

[@julianneale6128]

Oh what could and should have been...

[@barryporteous4904]

Did I hear a sonic boom? Nah, just the wind - shame!!

[@coriscotupi]

Very cool! ...Any more info on the model, such as weight and size?

[@willbeavor8730]

Wing span: 1194mm (47") Length: 1490mm (58.6") Weight: 4.17305 kg (9.2 lb) Fan/motor: WeMoTec Midi Fan evo with HET 650-58-1970 Motor Scale: 1:6.8649

[@dbaider9467]

Alright, that is a very awesome build. Congratulations! How much does she weigh?

[@willbeavor8730]

Thank you for the kind words. She weighs 4.17305 kg (9.2 lb) AUW. Which gives a wing loading of 48.47700849434429 oz/sq.ft.

[@bill7575]

Does the inlet spike improve high speed thrust? I'm working on a high speed EDF project.

[@AraceaeFanatics]

Why do we still not have paved runways for our RC takeoffs?

[@PaulJosephdeWerk]

Did he have red LEDs lighting up the foil in the afterburner section?

[@EssentialRC]

Yes, he did. Nice effect I think. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

[@papaburger]

Did it go supersonic ?

[@ethanzarian3163]

Don't know why but I expected it to be a lot faster than that

[@rcthailandbasic9734]

👍👍👍🤟

[@johnpolak229]

Robust bounce?) 7:00

[@outlawflyer7868]

So now it's here! The flying toilet paper roll.

[@Aengus42]

If only eh? The cancellation of this project & what Bell Aircraft did with the data, especially on the all moving tail, makes me incredibly sad & angry in equal amounts. Wouldn't it be a wonderful tribute to Eric Brown & Miles if the first RC model aircraft to push past Mach 1 was an exact scale replica of the Miles M.52? The design is proven in the 1948 rocket powered scale drop tests so maybe carbon fibre construction with a suitable gas turbine with reheat as the original had. If they could do it in '48 I'm sure we could do it now. It's the only 1st left for the M.52 design and I, for one, would happily devote time, transport & any other help I could give on the furtherance of such a project. Any thoughts?

[@DoktorBayerischeMotorenWerke]

The Miles M.52 never existed... and no data was ever given the Bell for the X-1 because it didn't exist either. The M.52 program was cancelled after a fraud and embezzlement scheme was uncovered by the Air Ministry and the Board of Trade. Government officials raided Miles Aircraft and found no trace of the two prototypes or any completed drawings that Miles was contracted and paid for... no trace of the money was found, the Crown seized Miles and placed it into administrative receivership after it was found insolvent and its coffers looted. Miles Aircraft would be charged with 24 counts of fraud and embezzlement and the M.52 program cancelled in one of the most shameful and humiliating chapters in British aviation history. Dennis Bancroft was deeply involved in the scandal as was Frank Whittle and Eric Brown. All of the rumors regarding American interference come from Bancroft who never produced any evidence to support his preposterous slander. Whittle was arrested and discharged from the RAF and sacked from Power Jets Ltd. amid allegations of bribery, embezzlement and dereliction of duty. Eric Brown was denied a pending promotion and never received his Knighthood for his part in the scandal. In hindsight we know that the M.52 could have never achieved Mach 1 in level flight, no aircraft powered by an obsolete and inefficient centrifugal compressor jet engine has ever had the thrust to drag ratio to fly supersonic..

[@Chopperwidgetman]

The Yanks were given all the details of this aircraft and then ripped the all flying tailplane off to use on the F86 Sabre which they then did not allow the UK to see any of the tailplane details. Very friendly.

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

Not true, the design of the M.52 was never completed and no protype was ever built. The Bell X1 and the F-86A Sabre broke the sound barrier using the fly-by-wire electric stabilator system copied from the Messerschmitt Me-262. Britain did not invent the stabilator as is falsely claimed.

[@WilhelmKarsten]

THE Messerschmitt 262 was the first jet with a HORIZONTAL STABILATOR

[@fritzwrangle-clouder6033]

@@WilhelmKarsten Hello Sandyboy, as you know the Me 262 NEVER HAD a stabilator but a horizontal stabilizor with a powered trim adjuster similar to that fitted to the Westland Lysander.

[@fritzwrangle-clouder6033]

@@sandervanderkammen9230 Hello Sandyboy as you know the Me 262 NEVER HAD a stabilator but a horizontal stabilizor with a powered trim adjuster similar to that fitted to the Westland Lysander.

[@fritzwrangle-clouder6033]

@@WilhelmKarsten So Sandyboy, why are replying in two of your identities under the same comment?

[@nickdanger3802]

Hansard Civil Aviation HC Deb 17 December 1942 (on line) Before the war we had a number of debates on civil aviation. Those debates took place because there was in this House a large body of opinion that all was not well with civil aviation. I can assure the Government that there is still in the House and in the country a body of opinion which is perturbed about the position.

[@Fraktizeihon]

красивый необычный модель

[@velocitysnipez1396]

Where is the Sonic Boom?

[@keving1774]

That's a jet engine not an electric duct fan

[@mgini158]

Shame the yanks pinched the tech to build the x-1

[@pauljs75]

X-1 was rocket powered though. So any engine tech received was on hold for a different project. Besides we yanks gave back with some of our nuke and semiconductor research for getting the brits turbines and early radar stuff. I think most would consider that a fair deal.

[@britishairtours]

What we gave them was the all flying tailplane, they could not there using elevators alone. Suggest a great read is Eric Brown's The M52. As usual politicians stuffed out technical lead.

[@GRAHAMAUS]

Not only that but lacking knowledge of the Area Rule meant that it would probably have had a lot of transonic drag that would have scotched its chances.

[@BillyNoMates1974]

America needed help setting up the Manhattan Project with Britain's help. only later was the two way information sharing deal scuppered by politicians in the US. The nuclear information sharing was only started back up again after the UK demonstrated hydrogen nuclear technology after Operation Graple X tests. The American bomb designers liked the fail safe electronics the British tech experts had on their bombs and the British got access to larger hydrogen bomb tech. so the nuclear tech sharing deal did come good in the end. As for just giving technology away, the real travesty was us British giving 50 Jet engines to the Russians that then copied it and put them in their Mig 15 fighters. It is said that Rolls Royce asked for royalty payments for the engines and the Russians told us to sod off. Fortunately history did not repeat itself when the Russians asked for help designing the Tu-144 in terms of braking systems, air flow restrictions on the engines, low speed handling and air conditioning cooling inside the cabin.

[@barrierodliffe4155]

Ian. The jet engine for the M 52 was tested and it gave around 7,000 lbs thrust, the rocket in the Bell X 1 about 6,000 lbs thrust

[@danieljeannin9268]

il vol un peu prés à 100 km/h c'est tout

[@guardianobserver6593]

Νo good scale flight? Then no good scale model.

[@NiftyShifty1]

So that looks like the most dangerous place to put a cockpit. Ever. Brits can have that one. Cheerio. Chaps.

[@jamesord-hume8028]

The cockpit was a jetisonable escape pod, something the Americans didn`t bother with on their X1. If the British Government hadn`t " pulled the plug" this would have almost certainly broken the sound barrier. The designers also were then told to give the yanks the "all flying " tailplane design without which their attempt would not even been possible. I do wonder who`s side our government is on!

[@leolex1289]

Looks like cruise missile.

[@jeffbeck6501]

Freaky design. Big body, tiny rocket wings. Looks more like a missle. It looks like it could fly fast, but it looks like the air intake, or really the whole fuselage is very fat for the length of the aircraft.

[@digranni128]

More one subscribe😃

[@paulalexander2928]

The Miles M52 joins a long line of political short sightedness the TSR2 and many others. In my own country Canada the Avro Arrow! Government should never be involved in advanced technology except to fund it . Elon Musk is a prime example of this. If Mr. Musk had relied on government he'd still be drawing prototypes on napkins.

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

The m.52 scandal is a very embarrassing and shameful chapter in British history... a perfect example of government corruption and embezzlement. Miles was charged with 24 counts of fraud and embezzlement and Frank Whittle was excused of embezzlement and dereliction of duty, he was forced out pf his own company by the scandal.

[@garrington120]

In 1946 the Miles M 52 would have PISSED all over the Bell X1S

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

No aircraft powered a centrifugal compressor turbojet has ever reached sustained mach 1 in level flight.

[@WilhelmKarsten]

THE Miles M.52 never existed

[@garrington120]

@@WilhelmKarsten Ahhh Sander von lying ahole is back after being banned , now under another stoopid name

[@fritzwrangle-clouder6033]

@@WilhelmKarsten As you know Sandyboy, the Miles M.52 was considerably more real than your than your mythological 1.44 mach Me 262.

[@fritzwrangle-clouder6033]

@@WilhelmKarsten By the way Sandyboy, why are you replying in two of your identities under the same comment?

[@rodstartube]

rc plane is not supersonic, so title is false. -1

[@MisterBroad]

Didnt look supersonic to me...

[@EssentialRC]

The full size was. Fairly sure about that. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

[@saidbouchakour4684]

How many grams weighs this plane with battery

[@willbeavor8730]

It weighs 4.17 kg (9.2 lb) with flight battery.

[@MarshallLoveday]

I'm trying to determine what the 'scale speed' would have been. Watching the video, I 'guesstimated' that the model covered approx. 300 feet in 4-5 seconds. That works out to around 51 miles per hour, actual speed. I could compute from there the 'scale speed', but I DON'T KNOW THE MODEL'S SCALE...........

[@barrierodliffe4155]

Marshall. You have a funny idea of time and distance then. A scale model of the M 52 did mach 1.3 and proved the M 52 was more than capable, the jet engine for it had enough thrust to exceed mach 1.5.

[@DickGibson]

Great plane well photographed! Say hi to Pete & Deano for me, tell them Uncle Deek said HI

[@andrewjpearson2728]

Great to see that the concept was right shame the real aircraft didnt get to fly .

[@phippsa3]

Superb