Gloster Racers Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Gloucestershire Aircraft Company, Cheltenham

First Flight:

1923

Gloster I:

1 - Gloucestershire Aircraft Company (Converted from Mars I)

Gloster II:

2 - Gloucestershire Aircraft Company

Gloster III:

2 - Gloucestershire Aircraft Company

Gloster IV:

1 - Gloster Aircraft Co

Gloster IVA:

1 - Gloster Aircraft Co

Gloster IVB:

1 - Gloster Aircraft Co

Gloster VI:

2 - Gloster Aircraft Co

Type Specification

Applies to:

Gloster IV

Type:

Racing seaplane designed for the 1927 Schneider Trophy

Wing:

Single bay biplane with unswept, unstaggered, unequal span wings of wooden structure with plywood skins. Ailerons on upper wings only

Fuselage:

Fuselage fills interplane gap and is of wooden and metal structure with plywood covering

Tail Unit:

Cantilever tailplane and fin with split elevator and single rudder

Landing Gear:

Twin floats attached to the fuselage by struts

Power Plant:

One 900 hp Napier Lion VIIA twelve-cylinder liquid-cooled broad-arrow engine in the nose driving a two-blade metal propeller

Accommodation:

Single seat for pilot in open cockpit aft of wings

Span:

26 ft 7 in

Length:

26 ft 4 in

Height:

9 ft 2 in

Wing Area:

164 sq ft

Empty:

2,072 lb

Loaded:

2,780 lb

Max Speed:

265 mph at sea level

Duration:

1.1 hr

Preserved in British Museums

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