Fairey Hamble Baby

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Hamble Baby
Type Floatplane scout
Manufacturer Fairey Aviation
Introduction 1917
Status Retired
Primary users Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
Number built 180
Unit cost £2,100 [1]
Developed from Sopwith Baby

Fairey Aviation built a number of Sopwith Baby floatplanes at its Hamble works. In an attempt to improve the design, Fairey fitted a new design of wing to the original baby fuselage. A production order for this aircraft was forthcoming, and the 'new' design called the Hamble Baby. Parnall also produced Hamble Babies, which had some detail differences from the Fairey produced aircraft.

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[edit] Operators

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[edit] Specifications (110 hp Clerget)

Data from The British Fighter since 1912 [2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: One
  • Length: 23 ft 4 in (7.11 m)
  • Wingspan: 27 ft 9¼ in (8.47 m)
  • Height: 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
  • Wing area: 246 ft² (23.5 m²)
  • Empty weight: 1,386 lb (630 kg)
  • Loaded weight: 1,946 lb (885 kg)
  • Powerplant:Clerget rotary engine, 110 hp (82 kW)

Performance

Armament


[edit] See Also

Related development Sopwith Baby

[edit] References

  1. ^ Taylor 1974, p.66
  2. ^ Mason 1992, p.88-89
  • Mason, Francis K (1992). The British Fighter since 1912. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-082-7. 
  • Taylor, H.A. (1974). Fairey Aircraft since 1915. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-00065-x. 

Aircraft Manufacturing in Hampshire by Doghouse Craft and Cards
From an Original by Sopwith by David Fleming