In article <6f1flbhnojlddtj5j5dk89b6s074iakfou@4ax.com>, Joseph Testagrose
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Typical British design
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Dart
...designed by someone named BUMPUS (Major Frank Arnold Bumpus)...
...replaced the existing carrier-based torpedo-bomber named the Sopwith Cuckoo
...first flew in September 1920, almost crashing owing to a miscalculated centre
of gravity
....powered by a Napier Lion IIB engine that was mounted with a thrustline
angled upward...
...with a fuselage that dropped sharply downwards
General characteristics
Crew: one
Length: 35 ft 4.5 in (10.78 m)
Wingspan: 45 ft 5.75 in (13.86 m)
Height: 12 ft 11 in (3.91m)
Wing area: 654 ft2 (60,8 m2)
Empty weight: 3,599 lb (1,900 kg)
Loaded weight: 6,383 lb (3,000 kg)
(336 kW)
Performance
Maximum speed: 107 mph (170 km/h) with dummy torpedo at 3,000 ft
Cruise speed: 100 mph (161 km/h)
Stall speed: 43.5 mph (70.5 km/h)
Range: 356 nmi (410 mi, 660 km)
Service ceiling: 12,700 ft (4,000 m)
Rate of climb: 600 ft/min (3.0 m/s)
Armament
gun in rear cockpit.
bombs under each wing.
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