Gloster Gorcock Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Gloucestershire Aircraft Company, Cheltenham

First Flight:

1925

Gorcock:

3 - Gloucestershire Aircraft Co

Type Specification

Applies to:

Gloster Gorcock

Type:

Single seat fighter with experimental metal structure

Wing:

Single bay, staggered, unequal span biplane. Wooden wing structure, covered with fabric. Ailerons on upper and lower wings

Fuselage:

Metal fuselage mounted on lower wing, covered with fabric

Tail Unit:

Braced tailplane and fin with balanced rudder and unbalanced elevator

Landing Gear:

Cross axle type on main leg and radius rod. Tail skid

Power Plant:

One 450 hp Napier Lion IV twelve-cylinder liquid-cooled broad-arrow engine in the nose driving a two bladed propeller

Accommodation:

Single seat for pilot in open cockpit aft of upper wing

Armament:

Two fixed Vickers machine guns in troughs in the fuselage side

Span:

28 ft 6 in

Length:

26 ft 1 in

Height:

10 ft 3 in

Wing Area:

250 sq ft

Empty:

2,364 lb

Loaded:

3,179 lb

Max Speed:

164 mph at 5,000 ft

Climb:

11 min to 15,000 ft

Service Ceiling:

24,000 ft

Duration:

1.8 hr

Preserved in British Museums

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