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| Armstrong Whitworth A.W.16 |
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| Country:
UK |
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Type: Fighter |
| Manufacturer:
Armstrong Whitworth |
| Service:
1930 - 1938 |
| First
Flight: 1930 |
| Production:
20 |
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The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.16 was a British single engined biplane fighter aircraft designed and built by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. Problems with the Armstrong Siddeley Panther engine delayed the aircraft. Bby the time various design and development problems were resolved, the A.W.16 was considered out of dated.
Eighteen examples of the A.W.16 were produced late in 1931, 17 of these for delivery to the Chinese Kwangsi Air Force. These A.W.16s were (along with the rest of the Kwangsi Air Force) incorporated in the main Chinese Nationalist Air Force in 1937. The other production example was used as an engine test bed before being passed to the Alan Cobham circus.
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| TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS ( A.W.16) |
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General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m)
- Wingspan: 33 ft 0 in (10.06 m)
- Height: 11 ft 6 in (3.50 m)
- Wing area: 261 ft (24.2 m)
- Loaded weight: 3,520 lb (1,597 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 x Armstrong Siddeley Panther IIA 14 cylinder radial engine, 525 hp (391 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 174 knots (200 mph, 322 km/h) at 15,000 ft (4,570 m)
- Range: 235 nm (270 mi, 435 km)
- Service ceiling 26,100 ft (8,000 m)
- Wing loading: lb/ft (kg/m)
- Power/mass: hp/lb (W/kg)
- Climb to 10,000 ft (3,050 m): 6 min
- Endurance: 2 hours
Armament
- Two forward firing .303 in Vickers machine guns in sides of fuselage with 500 rounds per gun
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