Hawker Osprey Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Hawker Aircraft Ltd, Kingston

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

Span:

37 ft

Length:

29 ft 4 in

Height:

11 ft

Wing Area:

339 sq ft

Empty:

3,503 lb

Loaded:

4,790 lb

Max Speed:

176 mph at 13,120 ft

Service Ceiling:

25,000 ft

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