Gloster TSR.38 Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Gloster Aircraft Company, Hucclecote

First Flight:

April 1932

TSR.38:

1 - Gloster

Type Specification

Applies to:

Gloster TSR.38

Type:

Three seat torpedo spotter reconnaissance biplane

Wing:

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

Fuselage:

Fuselage mounted on lower wing is of metal structure with fabric covering aft of cockpit

Tail Unit:

Wire braced tailplane at the base of the single fin and rudder

Landing Gear:

Divided type with oleo to ends of wing centre section and radius rod and axle to fuselage. Tail wheel

Power Plant:

One 600 hp Rolls-Royce Kestrel IIMS twelve-cylinder liquid-cooled V engine driving a two blade propeller

Accommodation:

Three open cockpits with pilot beneath a cutout in wing centre section, observer and gunner

Armament:

One forward firing Vickers gun with one Lewis gun in rear cockpit. One torpedo under the fuselage or 1,700 lb of bombs

Span:

46 ft

Length:

37 ft 4 in

Height:

11 ft 6 in

Wing Area:

611 sq ft

Empty:

4,340 lb

Loaded:

8,038 lb

Max Speed:

152 mph at sea level

Climb:

9.75 min to 10,000 ft

Service Ceiling:

20,000 ft

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