Parnall Pipit Aircraft
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Production Details | |
Design Company: |
George Parnall and Company |
First Flight: |
1928 |
Pipit: |
2 - Parnall |
Type Specification | |
Applies to: |
Parnall Pipit |
Type: |
Single-seat shipboard fighter |
Wing: |
Single bay biplane with staggered, unswept, equal span wings. Interplane struts are of N design. Metal structure with fabric covering. Ailerons on lower wing only |
Fuselage: |
Fuselage mounted on lower wing. Metal structure of rectangular section faired to oval. Fabric covering |
Tail Unit: |
Cantilever tailplane and fin with split elevator and single rudder |
Landing Gear: |
Crossaxle type on oleo legs attached to wing root. Tail skid |
Power Plant: |
One 495 hp Rolls-Royce F.XI twelve-cylinder vee liquid-cooled engine in the nose driving a two bladed propeller |
Accommodation: |
Single seat for pilot in open cockpit aft of wings |
Armament: |
Two fixed forward-firing Vickers machine-guns on fuselage sides. Provision for bombs underwing |
Dimensions | |
Span: |
35 ft |
Length: |
26 ft |
Height: |
10 ft 5 in |
Wing Area: |
361 sq ft |
Weights | |
Empty: |
3,050 lb |
Loaded: |
3,980 lb |
Performance | |
Max Speed: |
173 mph at 3,000 ft |
Climb: |
1 min to 7,000 ft |
Preserved in British Museums | |
None known | |
Web Sites | |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnall#Pipit |