page_title: Short SC.1
section_title: Specifications
hierarchical_section_title: Short SC.1 / Specifications
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of a Shorts VTOL taken at the Ulster folk and transport museum
context_page_description: The Short SC.1 was the first British fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing jet aircraft. It was developed by Short Brothers. It was powered by an arrangement of five Rolls-Royce RB108 turbojets, four of which were used for vertical flight and one for conventional horizontal flight. The SC.1 had the distinction of being the first British fixed-wing VTOL aircraft and the first one to transition between vertical and horizontal flight modes; it was also the first VTOL-capable aircraft with a fly-by-wire control system.
  The SC.1 was designed and produced in response to a Ministry of Supply requirement for a suitable aircraft for conducting flight studies into VTOL flight, as well as specifically into the transition between vertical and horizontal flight. Two prototypes were used for flight testing between 1957 and 1971. Research data from the SC.1 test programme contributed to the development of the Hawker Siddeley P.1127 and the subsequent Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational VTOL aircraft.
  In October 2012, the Short SC.1 received Northern Ireland's first Engineering Heritage Award as a recognition of its significant achievement in the engineering field.
context_section_description: Data from Shorts Aircraft since 1900, Ministry of Aviation
  General characteristics
  Crew: 1
  Length: 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
  Wingspan: 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
  Height: 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m) 
  Wing area: 211.5 sq ft (19.65 m²)
  Aspect ratio: 2.61:1
  Airfoil: NACA 0010
  Empty weight: 6,260 lb (2,839 kg)
  Gross weight: 7,700 lb (3,493 kg) (VTOL operations)
  Max takeoff weight: 8,050 lb (3,651 kg) (CTOL operations)
  Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce RB108 turbojet, 2,130 lbf (9.5 kN) thrust  (forward flight)
  Powerplant: 4 × Rolls-Royce RB108 turbojets, 2,130 lbf (9.5 kN) thrust each
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 246 mph (396 km/h, 214 kn)
  Range: 150 mi (240 km, 130 nmi)
  Service ceiling: 8,000 ft (2,400 m) 
  Rate of climb: 700 ft/min (3.6 m/s) 
  Wing loading: 38.1 lb/sq ft (186 kg/m²)
  Thrust/weight: 
  (CTOL): 0.265
  (VTOL): 1.11
caption: Rear fuselage and wing of an SC.1. Note the air intake at the base of the tail for the Rolls-Royce RB108 cruise engine, as well as the grill above the center fuselage bay housing the vertical lift engines
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