Blackburn Skua Aircraft

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

Span:

46 ft 2 in

Length:

35 ft 7 in

Height:

12 ft 6 in

Wing Area:

319 sq ft

Tare:

5,496 lb

All-up:

8,124 lb

Speed:

225 mph at 6,500 ft

Inital Climb:

1,580 ft/min

Service Ceiling:

20,200 ft

Range:

435 miles

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