Blackburn Skua Aircraft
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Production Details | |
Design Company: |
Blackburn Aircraft Ltd, Brough |
First Flight: |
9 February 1937 |
Skua I: |
2 - Blackburn Aircraft Ltd, Brough |
Skua II: |
190 - Blackburn Aircraft Ltd, Brough |
Type Specification | |
Applies to: |
Blackburn Skua II |
Type: |
Two seat naval fighter/dive bomber |
Wing: |
All metal low wing cantilever monoplane |
Fuselage: |
All metal construction |
Tail Unit: |
Cantilever tailplane at base of fin with single rudder |
Landing Gear: |
Main gear retracts outward from wing root and carries a single wheel. Fixed tailwheel |
Power Plant: |
One 890 hp Bristol Perseus XII engine in nose |
Accommodation: |
Pilot and gunner seated in enclosed cockpit |
Armament: |
Four Browning guns in wing and Lewis gun rearward mounted in cockpit.Single 500 lb bomb carried under fuselage |
Dimensions | |
Span: |
46 ft 2 in |
Length: |
35 ft 7 in |
Height: |
12 ft 6 in |
Wing Area: |
319 sq ft |
Weights | |
Tare: |
5,496 lb |
All-up: |
8,124 lb |
Performance | |
Speed: |
225 mph at 6,500 ft |
Inital Climb: |
1,580 ft/min |
Service Ceiling: |
20,200 ft |
Range: |
435 miles |
Preserved in British Museums | |
None known | |
Web Sites | |
http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Aircraft/Skua.htm http://freespace.virgin.net/john.dell/blackburn_skua.htm |