Gloster Gambet Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Gloster Aircraft Company, Hucclecote

First Flight:

12 December 1927

Gambet:

1 - Gloster Aircraft

A1N1:

50 - Nakajima Hikoki, Japan

A1N2:

100 - Nakajima Hikoki, Japan

Type Specification

Applies to:

Gloster Gambet

Type:

Deck-landing fighter designed for license production in Japan

Wing:

Single bay biplane with staggered, unswept, unequal span wings of wooden structure with fabric covering. Ailerons on all four wings

Fuselage:

Round fuselage mounted on lower wing of wooden structure with fabric covering

Tail Unit:

Wire braced tailplane at base of single fin with balanced rudder

Landing Gear:

Crossaxle type main gear attached to fuselage by oleo legs and radius rods. Tail skid

Power Plant:

One 420 hp Bristol Jupiter VI nine-cylinder air-cooled radial in the nose driving a two blade wooden propeller

Accommodation:

Pilot in open cockpit aft of wing

Armament:

Two Vickers guns in troughs on the fuselage sides and two 66 lb bombs under the lower wings

Span:

31 ft 10 in

Length:

21 ft 3 in

Height:

10 ft 8 in

Wing Area:

284 sq ft

Empty:

2,010 lb

Loaded:

3,075 lb

Max Speed:

152 mph at 5,000 ft

Climb:

7 min to 10,000 ft

Service Ceiling:

23,200 ft

Duration:

3.75 hr at 15,000 ft

Preserved in British Museums

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