Sopwith Hippo Aircraft
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Production Details | |
Design Company: |
Sopwith Aviation Co |
First Flight: |
13 September 1917 |
Hippo: |
2 - Sopwith |
Type Specification | |
Applies to: |
Sopwith 3F.2 Hippo |
Type: |
Two seat fighter |
Wing: |
Two bay biplane with equal span, unswept, reverse staggered wings of wooden structure. Ailerons on all four wings |
Fuselage: |
Box section fuselage with faired top decking filling interplane gap |
Tail Unit: |
Wire braced tailplane with split elevator. Single fin and rudder |
Landing Gear: |
Crossaxle type undercarriage mounted on V strutss attached to fuselage lower longeron. Tail skid |
Power Plant: |
One 200 hp Clerget 11Eb engine mounted in the nose driving a two bladed propeller |
Accommodation: |
Open cockpit for pilot ahead of upper wing. Gunner in open cockpit behind wing |
Armament: |
Two fixed forward firing Vickers guns and one Lewis gun for gunner |
Dimensions | |
Span: |
38 ft 9 in |
Length: |
24 ft |
Height: |
Unknown |
Wing Area: |
340 sq ft |
Weights | |
Empty: |
1,481 lb |
Maximum: |
2,590 lb |
Performance | |
Max Speed: |
115.5 mph at 10,000 ft |
Climb: |
13 min 25 sec to 10,000 ft |
Service Ceiling: |
18,000 ft |
Preserved in British Museums | |
None known | |
Web Sites | |
None known |