Avro Avocet
The Avro 584 Avocet was a single-engine maritime fighter aircraft of the British manufacturer Avro built on an alert issued by the British Air Ministry.
History
It was a einstieligen biplane with an all-metal hull, powered by a 180 hp ( 134.23 kW/182, 5 HP) payable 7- cylinder radial engine Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IV, who worked on a metal propeller. The machine should be used as a deck aircraft; Although she had no folding wings, the faces were but to dismantle a few simple steps. Therefore, the surfaces were not tense, but fitted with strong struts. Aileron were mounted only on the upper surfaces.
The Avocet was be equipped with both a double and float with a wheeled undercarriage, thus making it suitable for rolling takeoffs as well as for catapult launch from the deck of a ship from. It is armed with two Vickers machine guns were provided, which should be mounted on the support surface fire through the propeller circle. There were only two prototypes built, the first equipped with wheeled undercarriage, had its first flight in December 1927, the second, with double floats, in April 1928. Since the flight performance of these machines fell far short of expectations, the job remained at the company Avro from.
In June 1928 the second machine was equipped with a wheeled undercarriage, and in February 1929 the two aircraft were placed on the Fleet Air Arm in Martlesham available. In September 1929, a re- conversion of the second machine back to the float version, after which they served in Calshot pilots, who should participate in the Schneider Trophy, as a training aircraft for water takeoff and landing exercises.
Military use
- Royal Air Force
Specifications
( Float version, if different, in parentheses)