Отправлено: 26.09.07 09:05. Заголовок: AD SCOUT

Этот истребитель был создан в 1915 г. Было заказано 4-е образца, по два у фирм Hewlett и Blondeau и Blackburn Aeroplane и Motor Company.
На испытания в 1915 г. выставлялся № 1536 построеный фирмой Blackburn Aeroplane и Motor Company. Самолет назвали Воробей , вооружение сомставляло один пулемет Левис.
Вопрос: Проводились ли войсковые испытания данного аппарата?
Прошу поделиться информацией.

 Отправлено: 26.09.07 09:12. Заголовок: Re:

 Отправлено: 26.09.07 09:14. Заголовок: Re:

 Отправлено: 26.09.07 11:46. Заголовок: Re:

The AD Scout (also known as the Sparrow) was designed by Harris Booth of the British Admiralty's Air Department as a fighter aircraft to defend Britain from Zeppelin bombers during World War I.

The Scout was a decidedly unconventional aircraft - a biplane with a fuselage pod mounted on the upper wing. A twin-rudder tail was attached by four booms, and it was provided with an extremely narrow-track undercarriage. The primary armament was intended to be a 2 pounder recoilless Davis Gun, but this was never fitted.

Four prototypes were ordered in 1915 and two each were built by Hewlett & Blondeau and the Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company. Trials flown by pilots of the Royal Naval Air Service proved the aircraft to be seriously overweight, fragile, sluggish, and difficult to handle, even on the ground. The project was abandoned and all four prototypes scrapped.


[edit] Specifications (AD Scout)
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 22 ft 9 in (6.93 m) ()
Wingspan: 33 ft 5 in (10.18 m) ()
Height: 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) ()
Powerplant: 1× Gnôme Monosoupape , 100 hp (75 kW)
Performance
Maximum speed: 84 mph (135 km/h)
Range: 210 miles (336 km)
Armament
1x downward-firing .303 Lewis machine gun
1x 2-lb Davis recoilless gun (intended, but never fitted in view of the fragility of the Scout's construction)

 Отправлено: 26.09.07 15:35. Заголовок: Re:

Oldman огромное спасибо за информацию !

 Отправлено: 26.09.07 22:31. Заголовок: Re:

Вот еще нашел дома инфу относительно Скаута.
A.D. Scout (Sparrow) This aeroplane must be considered a curiosity not only in respect of design and construction but of armament and propulsion also; for if, as stated on the best authority, the intended weapon was a Davis recoilless gun, and if this was to lie on the floor of the nacelle, as indicated by drawings, then the engine and airscrew must have been of singular construction to withstand the blast of the rearward charge, even if this propelled a dose of Epsom salts, as it is known to have done on one occasion at least. In any case, the A.D. Scout is a notable machine in aeronautical history, for even if the gun was a Lewis machine-gun, as suggested by one drawing, and if this was fixed, as indicated by other evidence, the Admiralty Scout (designed 1915) may well have been Britain's first fixed-gun fighter. Whether armament of any kind was actually installed is not known, but there is photographic and other proof of a sturdy pillar at the front of the nacelle, the tip of the pillar lying at the level of the pilot's eyes. This pillar may well have been associated with a sight.