Spartan Clipper
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Clipper |
| image | SClipper.jpg |
| type | Civil touring aeroplane |
| manufacturer | Spartan Aircraft Limited |
| designer | H.E. Broadsmith |
| first_flight | 14 December 1932 |
| retired | Destroyed 4 May 1942 |
| primary_user | Spartan Aircraft Limited |
| produced | 1932 |
| number_built | 1 |
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The Spartan Clipper was a British light touring aeroplane of the 1930s. It was a single-engine, two-seat, low-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage.
Development
H.E. Broadsmith designed the Clipper as a two-seater; he employed the outer wings of the Monospar ST-4. Spartan Aircraft Limited built one example at their East Cowes works in 1932. The aeroplane was initially fitted with a 75-hp Pobjoy R motor. Registered G-ACEG it flew for the first time on 14 December 1932. After modification to undercarriage, cabin glazing and cowling, it received a Certificate of Airworthiness on 29 June 1933.
In 1933 the Clipper was raced in the King's Cup Race.
In 1938, it was re-engined with a Pobjoy Niagara III of 90-hp, after which it was used as a company hack until 4 May 1942, when it was destroyed in an air raid on Cowes.
Specifications
|ref=British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3, Saunders and Saro aircraft since 1917 |prime units?=imp General characteristics
|crew=2 |length ft=28 |length in=2 |length note= |span ft=34 |span in=0 |span note= |height ft=6 |height in=7 |height note= |wing area sqft=150 |wing area note= |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight lb=770 |empty weight note= |gross weight lb=1300 |gross weight note= |max takeoff weight lb= |max takeoff weight note= |fuel capacity=140 lb fuel and oil |more general= Powerplant
|eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Pobjoy R |eng1 type=7-cylinder air-cooled geared radial piston engine |eng1 hp=75 |eng1 note=
|prop blade number=2 |prop name=fixed-pitch propeller |prop dia ft= |prop dia in= |prop dia note= Performance
|max speed mph=110 |max speed note= |cruise speed mph= |cruise speed note= |stall speed mph= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed note= |range miles= |range note= |ferry range miles= |ferry range note= |endurance= |ceiling ft= |ceiling note= |climb rate ftmin=800 |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |lift to drag= |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |fuel consumption lb/mi= |power/mass= |more performance=
References
References
- Jackson, A.J.. (1974). "British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3". Putnam.
- (1988). "Saunders and Saro aircraft since 1917". Putnam.
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