| Armstrong Whitworth Armadillo |
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| Armstrong Whitworth Armadillo |
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| Country:
UK |
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Type: Fighter |
| Manufacturer:
Armstrong Whitworth |
| Service:
1918 - 1918 |
| First
Flight: 1918 |
| Production:
1 |
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The Armstrong Whitworth Armadillo was a British single seat biplane fighter aircraft built by Armstrong Whitworth.
The Armadillo was designed in early 1918 by Armstrong Whitworths new chief designer, Fred Murphy as a private venture single seat fighter powered by a Bentley BR2 rotary engine, with construction of two prototypes being started.
The aircraft was a two-bay biplane with a square section fuselage. The engine in the nose was enclosed by a circular cowl with a deep hump above the cowl housing two Vickers machine guns.
By the time the Armadillo appeared, in summer 1918, the Sopwith Snipe, powered by the same engine and faster was already in large scale production, so the Armadillo was abandoned, the second prototype not being completed.
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| TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS ( Armadillo) |
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General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m)
- Wingspan: 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
- Height: 7 ft 10 in (2.39 m)
- Wing area: 232 ft (21.6 m)
- Empty weight: 1,250 lb (568 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,860 lb (845 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 x Bentley BR2 rotary engine, 230 hp (172 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 125 mph (201 km/h)
- Endurance: 2 hours 45 min
- Service ceiling: 24,000 ft (7,300 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,500 ft/min (7.8 m/s)
Armament
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