Airco D.H.2 Aircraft

D.H.2 Replica, RV Smith from British Built Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Airco, Hendon

First Flight:

1 June 1915

D.H.2:

401 - Airco

Type Specification

Applies to:

Airco D.H.2

Type:

Single seat fighter

Wing:

Two bay biplane with unstaggered, unswept, equal span wings. Wooden structure with fabric covering. Ailerons on all four wings

Fuselage:

Fuselage mounted on lower fuselage is of wooden structure

Tail Unit:

Tail is mounted on four booms from wing rear spars. Tailplane and elevator level with upper booms with fin above tailplane. Single rudder

Landing Gear:

Cross axle type carried on V struts under fuselage. Tail skid

Power Plant:

One 100 hp Gnome Monosoupape engine in rear of fuselage driving a pusher propeller

Accommodation:

Single seat for pilot in open cockpit in nose

Armament:

Forward firing Lewis machine gun

Span:

28 ft 3 in

Length:

25 ft 2.5 in

Height:

9 ft 6.5 in

Wing Area:

249 sq ft

Tare:

943 lb

All-up:

1,441 lb

Max Speed:

93 mph

Climb:

12 min to 6,500 ft

Service Ceiling:

14,000 ft

Endurance:

2.75 hrs

Preserved in British Museums

Web Sites