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Sopwith 1½ Strutter (1-2 Seater) Strutter
| GENERAL DATA | |||
| Type |
Fighter, general purpose aircraft
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| Manufacturer(s) | Sopwith Aviation
Company |
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| Prototype first flight | December 1915 |
Introduction | April 1916 |
| Production | 4500 France, 1439 Great Britain |
Crew | 1-2 |
| Variants | |||
| Land Clerget Tractor (or Sopwith LCT) | Sopwith company designation. | ||
| Type 9400 | Admiralty designation for two seater, number from serial of last aircraft in first batch ordered. | ||
| Type 9700 | Admiralty designation for single- seater bomber, number likewise assigned. | ||
| Two seater | RFC designation. | ||
| 1½ Strutter | Unofficial name due to configuration of struts, also used by US Navy. | ||
| Comic | Single seat home defence fighter | ||
| SOP. 1 | French built version: SOP. 1A.2
two-seat reconnaissance aircraft |
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| LeO 1 | Lioré et Olivier licence-built version. | ||
| So-shiki Model 1 | Japanese licence-built bomber version. | ||
| So-Shiki Model 2 | Japanese licence-built LeO 1 reconnaissance version | ||
| DIMENSIONS | |||
| Length | 7.70 m |
Empty Weight | 593 kg |
| Wingspan | 10.21 m |
Loaded Weight | 975 kg |
| Height | 3.12 m |
Max takeoff weight | 977 kg |
| Wing area | 32.16 m² |
Wing loading | 30.34 kg/m² |
| ARMAMENT | ||||
| Guns | 1× 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers MG * |
Ammunition Carried
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1× 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis
MG ** |
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| Other Armament | Up to 60 kg of (drop) bombs |
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(*) fired forward through the propeller by means of a gun synchronizer, (**) in observer's cockpit for the fighter variant
| POWERPLANT | |||
| Engine | 1 ×
Clerget 9B |
Type & Displacement | 9-cyl air-cooled rotary piston,
16.29L |
| Horsepower | 130 hp |
Power/Weight Ratio | 133.33 hp / ton * |
| Fuel Capacity | 182 L
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(*) with the loaded weight
| PERFORMANCES | |||
| Maximum Speed | 161 km/h
at 1980 m |
Stall Speed * | ? km/h |
| Rate of Climb | ? m/s |
Service Ceiling | 4730 m |
| Range | 3¾ hours, 565 km |
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(*) vitesse de décrochage
| Sources | |||
| Wikipédia | aviationsmilitaires.net | - |
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