Gloster TSR.38 Aircraft
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Production Details | |
Design Company: |
Gloster Aircraft Company, Hucclecote |
First Flight: |
April 1932 |
TSR.38: |
1 - Gloster |
Type Specification | |
Applies to: |
Gloster TSR.38 |
Type: |
Three seat torpedo spotter reconnaissance biplane |
Wing: |
Single bay biplane with swept, staggered, unequal span wings of metal structure with fabric covering. Ailerons on all four wings |
Fuselage: |
Fuselage mounted on lower wing is of metal structure with fabric covering aft of cockpit |
Tail Unit: |
Wire braced tailplane at the base of the single fin and rudder |
Landing Gear: |
Divided type with oleo to ends of wing centre section and radius rod and axle to fuselage. Tail wheel |
Power Plant: |
One 600 hp Rolls-Royce Kestrel IIMS twelve-cylinder liquid-cooled V engine driving a two blade propeller |
Accommodation: |
Three open cockpits with pilot beneath a cutout in wing centre section, observer and gunner |
Armament: |
One forward firing Vickers gun with one Lewis gun in rear cockpit. One torpedo under the fuselage or 1,700 lb of bombs |
Dimensions | |
Span: |
46 ft |
Length: |
37 ft 4 in |
Height: |
11 ft 6 in |
Wing Area: |
611 sq ft |
Weights | |
Empty: |
4,340 lb |
Loaded: |
8,038 lb |
Performance | |
Max Speed: |
152 mph at sea level |
Climb: |
9.75 min to 10,000 ft |
Service Ceiling: |
20,000 ft |
Preserved in British Museums | |
None known | |
Web Sites | |
None known |