Описание
Страна: Великобритания
Год: 1916
Единственный экземпляр
Истребитель
Варианты
- Avro - 521 - 1915 - Великобритания
- Avro - 527 - 1916 - Великобритания
- A.Jackson Avro Aircraft since 1908 (Putnam)
- W.Green, G.Swanborough The Complete Book of Fighters
- J.Bruce British Aeroplanes 1914-1918 (Putnam)
- H.King Armament of British Aircraft (Putnam)
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J.Bruce - British Aeroplanes 1914-1918 /Putnam/
The precise identity of this Avro biplane is uncertain, but it may have been the Type 527
The Avro 527 with 150 h.p. Sunbeam engine was the final fighter derivative of the basic Avro 504.
A.Jackson Avro Aircraft since 1908 (Putnam)
Avro 527
While the Avro 523 Pike was under construction in the Manchester Works, A. V. Roe and Co were also building a ‘reconnaissance fighting biplane’ for the Royal Flying Corps which had been designed in December 1915. It was essentially a modified Avro 504E fitted with a 150 hp Sunbeam engine, standard central skid and RNAS-style fin and rudder. The mainplanes were standard Avro 504K units of 36 ft span with which it was designated Avro 527, and a second version with a span of 42 ft was also considered under the designation Avro 527A. Armament consisted of a single Lewis gun mounted on a pillar in the rear cockpit.
The machine, which underwent trials at Farnborough in early 1916, was not a success, the rate of climb was poor and as on the Avro 519 the pilot’s forward view was seriously obstructed this time by twin exhaust stacks in addition to the large centrally mounted radiator. There was also doubt as to the airframe’s suitability for the relatively powerful 150 hp engine.
SPECIFICATION AND DATA
Manufacturers: A. V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Clifton Street, Miles Platting, Manchester; and Hamble Aerodrome, near Southampton, Hants.
Power Plants:
(Avro 527 and 527A) One 150 h.p. Sunbeam
Dimensions:
(Avro 527) Span 36 ft. 0 in. (Avro 527A) Span 42 ft. 0 in.
Production:
(Avro 527) One aircraft only to Works Order 2100
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