Sopwith Two-Seat Scout
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| Sopwith Two-Seat Scout | |
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| Type | Anti-Zeppelin biplane |
| Manufacturer | Sopwith Aviation Company |
| Maiden flight | 1914 |
| Primary user | Royal Naval Air Service |
| Number built | 24 |
The Sopwith Two-Seat Scout (or Type 880) was a 1910s British biplane Anti-Zeppelin scout biplane designed and built for the Admiralty by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It was nicknamed the Spinning Jenny due to a tendency to enter a spin.
[edit] Design and development
First flown in November 1914 the Two-Seat Scout was developed from the Type 807 seaplane. It was two-bay unswept biplane with equal span wings and ailerons fitted on all four wings and a braced tailplabe and a single rudder. It had a fixed tailskid landing gear with a cross-axle type main gear with twin wheels carried on vee legs under the fuselage. It was powered by a nose-mounted 100hp (75kW) Gnome Monosoupape rotary engine driving a two-bladed propeller. It had two tandem open cockpits and could carry small bombs under the fuselage.
[edit] Operators
[edit] Specifications
This aircraft article is missing some (or all) of its specifications. If you have a source, you can help Wikipedia by adding them.General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 27 ft 6 in ( m)
- Wingspan: 36 ft 6 in ( m)
- Height: 8 ft 8 in ( m)
- Wing area: 440 ft² ( m²)
- Empty weight: 1160 lb ( kg)
- Gross weight: 1800 lb ( kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Gnome Monosoupape nine-cylinder air-cooled rotary engine, 100 hp (75 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 69 mph ( km/h)
- Endurance: 3 hours 30 min
[edit] See also
Related lists
[edit] References
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing, 2940.
- British Aircraft Directory
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