Parnall Possum Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

George Parnall and Company

First Flight:

19 June 1923

Possum:

2 - Parnall

Type Specification

Applies to:

Parnall Possum

Type:

Experimental mail and military aircraft

Wing:

Triplane wings with no stagger, unswept and equal span. Fabric covering a wooden structure with ailerons on all six wings

Fuselage:

Fuselage is flat sided, of wooden construction and completely fills gap between lower and middle wings

Tail Unit:

Braced tailplane at top of fuselage with single fin and rudder

Landing Gear:

Split axle type main gear with two wheels attached by oleo leg and radius rod to lower wing, axles attached to pillar under fuselage, tail wheel

Power Plant:

One 450 hp Napier Lion twelve-cylinder broad-arrow water-cooled engine mounted in the fuselage driving two two-blade propellers mounted on the centre wing

Accommodation:

Crew of three in open cockpits, two in front of wings and one aft

Armament:

Provision for two .303 in Lewis guns in forward and rear cockpits

Span:

46 ft

Length:

39 ft

Height:

13 ft 9 in

Wing Area:

777 sq ft

Loaded:

6,300 lb

Max Speed:

105 mph

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