| 词条 | Gloster Gannet | |||||||||||||||
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The Gloster Gannet was a single-seat single-engined light aircraft built by the Gloucestershire Aircraft Company Limited of Cheltenham, United Kingdom, to compete in the 1923 Lympne Trials. Engine development problems prevented it from taking part. DevelopmentIn 1923 the Royal Aero Club (RAeC) organised what became known as the Lympne light aircraft trials after the airfield where they were based, though the RAeC referred to the competing aircraft as motor-gliders. The intention was to develop economical private aviation, so the engine size was limited to 750 cc with immediate consequences for aircraft size and weight. Various sponsors provided attractive prizes, particularly the total of £1500 jointly from the Duke of Sutherland and the Daily Mail. The event took place from 8–13 October 1923. The Gannet was Gloster's intended entry. It was a small, single-bay biplane, one of the smallest aircraft built in Britain. It was powered by a specially designed Carden vertical two-cylinder air-cooled two-stroke engine of exactly 750 cc.[1][2] The thick wings were based on a pair of spruce I-section spars with spruce ribs and internal wire bracing. The inner section and interplane struts were of streamlined steel tube; ailerons were carried on upper and lower wings. The Lympne aircraft were aimed at the private owner, for whom transport and storage might be an important issue, so the Gannet's wings were hinged at the rear spar so they could be folded back along the fuselage. Both wing centre section trailing edges folded to permit the wing-folding; the upper section was also folded up to aid access to the cockpit. The 2 imp. gallon (9.1 litre) fuel tank was in the upper centre section.[1][2] The fuselage was constructed around ash longerons, with plywood sides and fabric top and bottom. The undercarriage was joined to the centre section via a V-shaped pair of struts, had a single axle and, initially very small wheels.[1][2] Unfortunately for Gloster, the Carden engine had not had time for proper development and overheating and lubrication problems prevented the Gannet from flying at Lympne, though it was present, registered as G-EBHU and bearing Trials number 7.[7] The photographic evidence[3] shows it was either flying or making fast ground runs by then, though James gives the first flight date as either 23 October or 23 November.[4] The following year the Gannet was re-engined with a 7 hp (5.2 kW) Blackburne Tomtit inverted V-twin. It was also fitted with larger diameter wheels. It seems to have remained airworthy until permanently withdrawn from use on 25 January 1928,[5] but Gloster did not enter it into the two other Lympne light aircraft trials held in 1924 and 1926. It appeared at the Olympia Aero show in 1929 and went for scrap in 1932.[1][2] Specifications (Blackburne powered){{aerospecs|ref={{harvnb|James|1971|p=96}} |met or eng?=eng |crew=1 |capacity= |length m=5.02 |length ft=16 |length in=6 |span m=5.4 |span ft=18 |span in=0 |swept m= |swept ft= |swept in= |rot number= |rot dia m= |rot dia ft= |rot dia in= |dia m= |dia ft= |dia in= |width m= |width ft= |width in= |height m=1.82 |height ft=6 |height in=0 |wing area sqm=9.56 |wing area sqft=103 |swept area sqm= |swept area sqft= |rot area sqm= |rot area sqft= |volume m3= |volume ft3= |aspect ratio= |wing profile= |empty weight kg=149 |empty weight lb=330 |gross weight kg=208 |gross weight lb=460 |lift kg= |lift lb= |eng1 number=1 |eng1 type=698 cc 2-cylinder inverted V air-cooled Blackburne Tomtit |eng1 kw=5.2 |eng1 hp=7 |eng1 kn= |eng1 lbf= |eng1 kn-ab= |eng1 lbf-ab= |eng2 number= |eng2 type= |eng2 kw= |eng2 hp= |eng2 kn= |eng2 lbf= |eng2 kn-ab= |eng2 lbf-ab= |max speed kmh=115 |max speed mph=72 |max speed mach= |cruise speed kmh= |cruise speed mph= |stall speed kmh= |stall speed mph= |range km=225 |range miles=140 |endurance h= |endurance min= |ceiling m= |ceiling ft= |g limits= |roll rate= |glide ratio= |climb rate ms=0.68 |climb rate ftmin= to 4,000 ft (1,220 m) 133 |sink rate ms= |sink rate ftmin= |armament1= |armament2= |armament3= |armament4= |armament5= |armament6= }}{{aircontent |see also= |related= |similar aircraft= |lists= }} Notes1. ^1 2 3 {{harvnb|James|1971|pp=93–6}} 2. ^1 2 3 Flight 4 October 1923 3. ^1 Flight 18 October 1923 p.639 4. ^James gives the October date in text p.95 but the same day in November on p.350. Both dates are after the Trials, though he says "did not take part" on p.95 but "flew [in the competition]" on p.350 5. ^{{Citation |url=http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBHU.pdf |title=Civil Aviation Authority Registration Document for G-EBHU |accessdate=2009-02-24 |work= |publisher=Civil Aviation Authority |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318013357/http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBHU.pdf |archive-date=18 March 2009 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }} References{{Commons category|Gloster Gannet}}{{refbegin}}
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