Tag: airplane
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Wight Quadruplane Fighter
Wight Quadruplane Fighter First Flying in mid-1916, the Wight Quadruplane was a single seat fighter. The initial design had two cabane struts of long chord length supporting the upper wing. Four similar type interplane struts were used between the upper three wings, all of which had ailerons. Due to the position of the lower wing,… Read more
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Supermarine Type 224
Supermarine Type 224 Designed to meet Air Ministry Specification F.7/30, the Supermarine Type 224 was a low wing monoplane fighter aircraft armed with four .303 machine guns. The Air Ministry expressed a preference for the evaporatively cooled Rolls-Royce Goshawk, which was evaporatively cooled. This caused problems, which along with poor performance led to its elimination… Read more
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Westland F7/30
Westland F7/30 Designed to Air Ministry Specification F.7/30, for a day and night fighter the Westland F7/30 (Company designation Westland PV.4) first flew in 1934. Powered by the Rolls-Royce Goshawk evaporatively-cooled engine, it was armed with four .303 machine guns. Flight testing in 1935 revealed a top speed of 146mph. This was significantly below the… Read more