Saro Shrimp
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| A.37 Shrimp | |
|---|---|
| Type | research aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Saunders-Roe Limited |
| Designed by | H Knowler |
| Maiden flight | October 1939 |
| Introduced | 1939 |
| Retired | 1949 |
| Status | Scrapped |
| Primary users | Saunders Roe Air Ministry |
| Number built | 1 |
The Saunders Roe A.37 Shrimp was a 1930s British two-seat four-engined experimental flying boat built by Saunders-Roe Limited ("Saro") at Cowes.
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[edit] Development
The Shrimp was designed by H Knowler in 1939 as a half-size research aircraft as part of a development programme for the Saunders-Roe S.38 a four-engined patrol flying-boat to Specification R.5/39 - a replacement for the Short Sunderland. The R.5/39 project was cancelled but the Shrimp was completed as a private venture. Registered as G-AFZS, it was first flown at Cowes in October 1939. It was based at Beaumaris, Anglesey where a slipway was built for it. The Ministry of Aircraft Production acquired it in 1944 with the serial TK850 for tests to help the design of the Short Shetland a successor to the R.5/39 project being developed jointly by Saro and Short Brothers. For this its twin rudder tail was swapped for a single fin.
The Shrimp was scrapped at Felixstowe in 1949.
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[edit] Specifications
Data from Warplanes of the Second World War, Volume 5, Flying Boats[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 42 ft 3¼ in (12.89 m)
- Wingspan: 50 ft (15.24 m)
- Height: 12 ft 8¾ in (3.88 m)
- Wing area: 340 ft² (31.6 m²)
- Empty weight: 4,362 lb (1,983 kg)
- Loaded weight: 5,700 lb (2,591 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 6,200 lb (2,818 kg)
- Powerplant: 4× Pobjoy Niagara III radial engine, 95 hp (71 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 113 knots (130 mph, 209 km/h)
- Rate of climb: 635 ft/min (3.22 m/s)
- Wing loading: 16.8 lb/ft² (82 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.067 hp/lb (0.11 kW/kg)
- Endurance 3 hours
[edit] See also
Related lists
[edit] References
- ^ Green, William (1968). Warplanes of the Second World War, Volume 5, Flying Boats. London: Macdonald. ISBN 356 01449 5.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
- Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10014 X.
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