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265:(the B.S.1/S.E.2 was the last design de Havilland produced for the Factory). The tail surfaces were again revised, with a larger fin and rudder, with new tailplane and elevators. The monocoque rear fuselage, which had been criticised as too expensive for mass production, was replaced by a conventional wood and fabric structure. Better streamlined struts were fitted, as well as streamline sectioned bracing wires (
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about 82 hp (61 kW) instead of the promised 100 hp. De
Havilland was not satisfied with the control afforded by the small rudder and designed a larger replacement, but on 27 March 1913, before the new rudder could be installed, he crashed the B.S.1, breaking his jaw and badly damaging the aircraft.
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to join No. 3 Squadron on 27 October. It was fitted with an improvised armament of a pair of rifles mounted on the side of the fuselage, angled outwards to avoid the propeller, together with the pilot's revolver. It was one of the fastest aircraft available in the early months of the war, with it
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being said that: "Its speed enabled it to circle around the enemy machines and gave it a decided ascendancy." It remained in use with 3 Squadron until March 1915, when it was damaged by an exploding bomb and was sent back to
England. It was struck off charge and its subsequent fate is unknown.
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519:Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4
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449:1,132 lb (513 kg)
250:, it was soon redesignated
164:in the early months of the
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707:British Aeroplanes 1914-18
462:, 80 hp (60 kW)
443:720 lb (327 kg)
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709:. London: Putnam, 1957.
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368:General characteristics
176:In 1912, a team at the
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293:609 being issued to
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964:Farman Experimental
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273:Operational history
219:), and a one-piece
1153:Tatin Experimental
1100:Scout Experimental
1032:Night Experimental
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649:Mason 1992, p. 21.
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80:Designer
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1069:H.R.E.3
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142:British
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552:Notes
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457:Gnome
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263:Airco
252:S.E.2
248:B.S.2
225:Gnome
217:B.E.3
186:scout
154:B.S.1
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