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Armstrong Whitworth Wolf

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Top speed
  
177 km/h

Length
  
9.45 m

Retired
  
1931

Wingspan
  
12 m

Introduced
  
1923

First flight
  
January 19, 1923

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Manufacturer
  
Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft

The Armstrong Whitworth Wolf was a British two-seat reconnaissance aircraft ordered by the Royal Air Force in 1923.

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Design and development

The Wolf was a two-bay biplane of unorthodox design, with the fuselage mounted between the two sets of wings. No production order was placed, and the three machines built served their days at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough as experimental testbeds.

Alongside the RAF's order in 1923, Armstrong Whitworth also built two for the RAF Reserve Flying School at Whitley, and a final, sixth aircraft in 1929. As trainers, they proved popular with pilots, although less so with ground crews for whom the rigging and undercarriage were awkward to maintain.

All Wolves were retired from service in 1931 and all but the most recently built were scrapped. The final aircraft was taken to Hamble for use as an instructional airframe.

Operators

 United Kingdom
  • Royal Air Force
  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

    • Specifications (Wolf)

    Data from Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft since 1913

    General characteristics

  • Crew: two: pilot and observer or instructor
  • Length: 31 ft 0 in (9.45 m)
  • Wingspan: 39 ft 10 in (12.14 m)
  • Height: 13 ft (3.96 m)
  • Wing area: 488 sq. ft (45.3 m²)
  • Empty weight: 2,690 lb (1,220 kg)
  • Loaded weight: 4,090 lb (1,855 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar III 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine, 350 hp (260 kW)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 110 mph (177 km/h) at 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
  • Service ceiling: 15,150 ft (4,600 m)
  • Rate of climb: 770 ft/min (3.9 m/s)
  • Endurance: 3 hr 45 min

    • Armament

  • Guns:
  • 1 × fixed, forward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun
  • 1 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun in Scarff ring for observer

    • References

    Armstrong Whitworth Wolf Wikipedia
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