Hawker Osprey Aircraft
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Production Details | |
Design Company: |
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First Flight: |
Before 1 June 1929 |
19/30 Osprey: |
2 - H.G.Hawker Engineering |
Osprey I: |
37 - H.G.Hawker Engineering |
Osprey IIIL: |
1 - H.G.Hawker Engineering |
Osprey III: |
66 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd |
Osprey IV: |
26 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd |
Swedish Osprey: |
2 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd |
Portuguese Osprey: |
2 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd |
Spanish Osprey: |
1 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd |
Type Specification | |
Applies to: |
Hawker Osprey IV |
Type: |
Two seat fleet fighter reconnaissance landplane or seaplane |
Wing: |
Unequal span, single bay, staggered biplane. Centre section carried above fuselage on splayed out structs. One set of N type struts on each side of fuselage. Wing structure mainly stainless steel, covered with fabric. Frise type ailerons on top planes |
Fuselage: |
Rectangular stainless steel structure, faired to an oval section and covered with fabric |
Tail Unit: |
Monoplane type. Stainless steel framework, covered with fabric. Balanced rudder and elevators |
Landing Gear: |
Land undercarriage of cross axle Vee type. This is interchangable with twin single step metal floats |
Power Plant: |
One Rolls-Royce Kestrel V 12 cylinder Vee water cooled engine giving a max output of 640 hp |
Accommodation: |
Pilots cockpit behind cut out in trailing edge of top plane, with gunners cockpit behind |
Armament: |
Two fixed machine guns firing forward through the airscrew and one machine gun on a mounting in the gunners cockpit |
Dimensions | |
Span: |
37 ft |
Length: |
29 ft 4 in |
Height: |
11 ft |
Wing Area: |
339 sq ft |
Weights | |
Empty: |
3,503 lb |
Loaded: |
4,790 lb |
Performance | |
Max Speed: |
176 mph at 13,120 ft |
Service Ceiling: |
25,000 ft |
Preserved in British Museums | |
None known | |
Web Sites | |