De Havilland Fox Moth
The de Havilland DH83 Fox Moth was designed as a light transport plane with good flight performance and low operating costs from the de Havilland Tiger Moth.
The designer A. E. Hagg developed in 1932 by Fox Moth combined the airframe of the Tiger Moth with a new enlarged hull. The wings, the empennage, landing gear and engine mounts the Tiger Moth remained unchanged, but the plywood fuselage between the engine and the cockpit got a closed cabin for four people. The first flight took place in 1932 in Stag Lane instead. In the prototype, a de Havilland Gipsy III engine with 120 hp was installed. There were also trials with floats and skis, carried out in collaboration with Canadian Airways in Canada.
Many machines were delivered to Canada and Australia, some of them also with closed cockpit.
After the Second World War, de Havilland Canada produced more than 50 copies as DH83C (Canada). The machines and elevator trim tabs were given. The cockpit was standard with Plexiglas roof. The powerplant of the Gipsy Major 1C came with a maximum output of 145 hp.
Military user
- Australia Australia
- Brazil Brazil
- Canada 1921 Canada
- New Zealand New Zealand
- Spain
- South Africa Union of South Africa 1928