Short Scylla
The Short L.17 Scylla was a four -engined airliner of the British manufacturer Short Brothers from the 1930s. You could seat 39 passengers. From the designed as a biplane model, only two were built.
History
The L.17 was commissioned by the airline, Imperial Airways, which needed a plane for their intra-European connections. In early 1933 began Short Brothers with the development on the basis of flight boots Short S.17 Kent. The first flight of the prototype took place on 26 March 1934 in May, the second aircraft was completed. The two machines were named Scylla and Syrinx.
The aircraft were used between London and Paris and other European destinations. A disadvantage proved their low speed. In 1939, she came into the possession of the successor company BOAC. The following year they were decommissioned.
Construction
The L.17 took over the airframe of S.17 Kent. She was a constructed as an all- metal airplane biplane with a rigid chassis. The newly designed box-shaped hull was located underneath the wings.
The four Bristol Jupiter XFBM radial engines were located between the wings and each had 444 kW. When one of the machines two of the engines were replaced by Bristol Perseus IIL engines temporarily for testing purposes.
After a serious accident, which forced a complete reconstruction of the aircraft, received the syrinx four Bristol Pegasus XC engines each with 492 kW.