RWD-1

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The RWD-1 was a Polish sports plane of 1928, constructed by the RWD design team.

1 Development
2 Description
3 Specifications (RWD-1)
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[edit] Development

The RWD-1 was the first aircraft constructed by the RWD team of Stanislaw Rogalski, Stanislaw Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki in Warsaw. The aircraft was designed in late 1927. One prototype was built for static trials, and one flying prototype (registration SP-ACC). It was completed and flown by the designer Jerzy Drzewiecki in September 1928.

Its unusual feature was a strange, fish-shaped fuselage. In front of the pilot's head there was an upper part of the fuselage, limiting his view forward, though its profile was thin to improve the view. This shape was repeated in following RWD designs. The aircraft was evaluated as quite good design, with an original construction. Its glide ratio was 12, and its payload was bigger than its empty weight. It wasn't built in any quantities, but was the beginning of further more successful RWD designs: RWD-2, 3, 4, 7, and, partly RWD-5. It was scrapped in 1930.

[edit] Description

Wooden construction sports plane, conventional in layout, with high canvas and plywood covered wings. The crew of two sat in tandem. The crew cabs were open on the sides in upper part, and had individual doors. A 2-cylinder air-cooled ABC Scorpion II boxer engine, 34 hp nominal power, 40 hp take-off power. Two-blade wooden propeller. Conventional landing gear, with a rear skid. Fuel tank in wing.