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.
| Sopwith Two-Seat Scout | |
|---|---|
| Role | Anti-Zeppelin biplane |
| Manufacturer | Sopwith Aviation Company |
| First flight | 1914 |
| Primary user | Royal Naval Air Service |
| Number built | 24 |
Design and development
editFirst flown in November 1914 the Two-Seat Scout was developed from the 1914 Circuit of Britain seaplane. It was two-bay unswept biplane with equal span wings and ailerons fitted on all four wings and a braced tailplane 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 100 hp (75 kW) Gnome Monosoupape rotary engine driving a two-bladed propeller. It had two tandem open cockpits and could carry small bombs under the fuselage.
Operators
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Specifications
editGeneral characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
- Wingspan: 36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
- Height: 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m)
- Wing area: 440 sq ft (41 m2)
- Empty weight: 1,160 lb (526 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,800 lb (816 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Gnome Monosoupape nine-cylinder air-cooled rotary engine , 100 hp (75 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 69 mph (111 km/h, 60 kn)
- Endurance: 3 hours 30 minutes
See also
editRelated lists
References
edit- Bruce, J.M. (1957). British Aeroplanes 1914–18. London: Putnam.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing. p. 2940.