Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.10

Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.10
Role	Multi-role aircraft
National origin	British
Manufacturer	Royal Aircraft Factory
Status	cancelled
Number built	0
Developed from	Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2

The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.10 was an aircraft based on the B.E.2c, designed in May 1914. The aircraft was intended to be built with a fabric-covered steel-tube fuselage with pressed alloy sheet ribs, and full-length ailerons. Its wingspan was slightly less than that of the B.E.2c, while it also had a deeper coaming and utilized an oleo undercarriage with a small "buffer" nosewheel. As well, the aerofoil had a reflex trailing edge.^[1] Although 4 units were ordered, they were never completed before the order was cancelled.^[2]

Specifications

Data from Kites, Birds & Stuff^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 27 ft 1 in (8.26 m)
Wingspan: 35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)
Height: 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Wing area: 355 sq ft (33.0 m²)
Powerplant: 1 × Renault WB V-8 air-cooled piston engine, 70 hp (52 kW)

Performance

Notes

↑ Hare, Paul R. (1990). The Royal Aircraft Factory. Putnam Aeronautical Books. p. 180. ISBN 9780851778433.
1 2 Stemp, P. D. (2010). Kites, Birds & Stuff - The ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY + Inflatables. LULU. p. 15. ISBN 9781446134658.

References

Hare, Paul R. (1990). The Royal Aircraft Factory. Putnam Aeronautical Books.

Royal Aircraft Factory designed aircraft

Armoured Experimental	A.E.1 A.E.2 A.E.3

Blériot Experimental	B.E.1 B.E.2 B.E.3 B.E.4 B.E.5 B.E.6 B.E.7 B.E.8 B.E.9 B.E.10 B.E.11 B.E.12

Blériot Scout	B.S.1 B.S.2

Coastal Experimental	C.E.1

Farman Experimental Fighting Experimental	F.E.1 F.E.2 F.E.3 F.E.4 F.E.6 F.E.7 F.E.8 F.E.9 F.E.10 F.E.11 F.E.12

Night Experimental	N.E.1

Reconnaissance Experimental	R.E.1 R.E.2 R.E.3 R.E.5 R.E.7 R.E.8 R.E.9

Santos Experimental Scout Experimental	S.E.1 S.E.2 S.E.3 S.E.4 S.E.4a S.E.5 S.E.6 S.E.7

Tatin Experimental	T.E.1

Airships	Nulli Secundis Baby/Beta Gamma Delta Eta

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