Owing to the difficulties in solving several major issues with this turret installation aboard a high-speed aircraft (as well as ongoing issues with the proposed Vulture engines), the P.92 was cancelled in May of 1940 and the prototype's construction barely started.
Engineers estimated their P.92 to have a maximum speed of 384 miles per hour with a service ceiling nearing 38,000 feet. Rate-of-climb was 3,220 feet-per-minute. Dimensions included an overall length of 54.3 feet with a wingspan of 62.5 feet. Power from the Rolls-Royce Vulture II engines was 1,760 horsepower each (these driving three-bladed propeller units).
However, despite the cancellation of the P.92, the Air Ministry allowed the second prototype to gestate a little longer and, for this part of the program, the P.92.2 scale model (half-sized at 27.5 x 33 x 7.6 feet) test aircraft was built by Heston Aircraft (Boulton Paul was busy manufacturing for the war effort). Of note was its fixed, spatted main landing gear legs and 2 x de Havilland "Gipsy Major II" engines of 130 horsepower (each) installed (driving two-bladed propellers). To mimic the in-flight dynamics of the proposed turret emplacement, a dummy turret was installed over the center wing section. Construction was largely of wood (plywood) to keep things relatively economical and easy to repair. A first-flight was recorded in early 1941 but deeper trials were not had until mid-1943 at Boscombe Down. Test pilots did not hold the design in high regard for some of its inherent characteristics but judged handling to be quite good. Maximum speed in these trials reached around 155 miles per hour.
Besides some additional flying done with the prototype by the company, the P.92.2 went nowhere in terms of advancing to a viable combat form. Specification F.11/37 was stalled by this time and ultimately not revisited as the war turned attention to other projects and actions. The sole demonstrator was then purposely burned sometime during the 1950s, ending its test life in full.
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