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centre section was built around a tubular-steel structure which linked the engine mounting and the wooded-framed rear fuselage. The two dual-control open cockpits were both behind the trailing edge of the wing for optimum visibility. Unusually, the instruments were placed on the rear spar of the
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Vendace was selected as the best aircraft for the specification, no orders were placed with any manufacturer because of economy cuts. The Sprat last appeared in public at the
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engine with a nose radiator, driving a four-bladed wooden propeller. As on the Velos, the upper engine cowling dropped smoothly away from the upper wing leading edge.
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aircraft carriers up to 1926. The undercarriage assembly was designed so that it could be easily removed with the aircraft on trestles, and replaced with a pair of
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was a robust split-axle construction, with the legs joining the wings at the bottom of the X-form centre-section struts. Braced stub axles carried the
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The Sprat, though a smaller aircraft, had strong family resemblances to the earlier
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The Sprat was powered by a water-cooled 275 hp (210 kW)
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Blackburn Sprat 3 view drawing from NACA Aircraft
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area was large compared to that of the fin, and a braced
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115 mph (185 km/h, 100 kn) at sea level
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186:required by the longitudinal arrester wires of
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209:The Sprat first flew at Blackburn's works at
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331:1,100 ft/min (5.60 m/s) (initial)
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175:was placed on top of the rear fuselage.
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60:Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd
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282:406.5 sq ft (37.77 m)
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276:11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
264:29 ft 3 in (8.92 m)
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108:experience. Just one was built.
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945:Single-engined tractor aircraft
122:Air Ministry Specification 5/24
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376:. London: Putnam Publishing.
374:Blackburn Aircraft since 1909
325:17,500 ft (5,335 m)
294:3,220 lb (1,461 kg)
288:2,318 lb (1,051 kg)
960:Aircraft first flown in 1926
850:Fighters and Strike fighters
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619:Blackburn Second Monoplane
610:Touring and light aircraft
226:Specifications (landplane)
222:RAF display in July 1926.
614:Blackburn First Monoplane
162:for carrier stowage. The
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249:General characteristics
955:Carrier-based aircraft
372:Jackson, A.J. (1968).
302:Rolls-Royce Falcon III
300:1 × water-cooled V-12
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199:Rolls-Royce Falcon III
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128:advanced trainer and
95:Blackburn T.R.1 Sprat
735:Maritime patrol/ASW
205:Operational history
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154:. The Sprat was a
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659:Bluebird IV
310:Performance
298:Powerplant:
112:Development
69:F.A Bumpas
929:Categories
839:TR.1 Sprat
829:T.8 Baffin
338:References
280:Wing area:
188:Royal Navy
904:Buccaneer
899:Firecrest
894:Firebrand
834:T.9 Shark
819:T.5 Ripon
809:T.3 Velos
799:T.1 Swift
794:Blackburd
744:Blackburn
710:Transport
423:Blackburn
268:Wingspan:
239:Data from
192:aluminium
178:The main
173:tailplane
156:staggered
66:Designer
950:Biplanes
859:Triplane
804:T.2 Dart
754:Kangaroo
739:Airedale
729:Beverley
714:H.S.T.10
649:Bluebird
425:aircraft
164:fuselage
134:seaplane
106:seaplane
884:Lincock
864:Turcock
680:Bombers
669:Mercury
655:Trainer
634:Sidecar
629:Segrave
604:By role
274:Height:
262:Length:
102:trainer
99:biplane
914:Pellet
910:Racers
769:Sydney
699:Beagle
694:Baffin
644:Type I
639:Type D
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220:Hendon
169:rudder
160:folded
140:, the
124:as an
21:Sprat
764:Perth
749:Botha
684:Velos
674:Sprat
595:B-108
590:B-107
585:B-104
580:B-103
575:B-102
570:B-101
565:B-100
256:Crew:
149:Velos
118:Sprat
35:Role
879:Skua
784:B-88
779:B-54
774:B-20
759:Iris
560:B-95
555:B-94
550:B-90
545:B-89
540:B-88
535:B-67
530:B-54
525:B-48
520:B-46
515:B-45
510:B-44
505:B-40
500:B-37
495:B-29
490:B-26
485:B-25
480:B-24
475:B-20
378:ISBN
116:The
93:The
889:Roc
874:F.3
824:T.7
704:B-7
689:B-3
664:B-2
470:B-9
465:B-7
460:B-6
455:B-5
450:B-3
445:B-2
440:B-1
258:two
126:RAF
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