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Clipper
General information
TypeCivil touring aeroplane
ManufacturerSpartan Aircraft Limited
Designer H.E. Broadsmith
Primary userSpartan Aircraft Limited
Number built1
History
Manufactured1932
First flight14 December 1932
RetiredDestroyed 4 May 1942

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 (Clipper)

Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3, Saunders and Saro aircraft since 1917

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 28 ft 2 in (8.59 m)
  • Wingspan: 34 ft 0 in (10.36 m)
  • Height: 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
  • Wing area: 150 sq ft (14 m)
  • Empty weight: 770 lb (349 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,300 lb (590 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 140 lb (64 kg) fuel and oil
  • Powerplant: 1 × Pobjoy R 7-cylinder air-cooled geared radial piston engine, 75 hp (56 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 110 mph (180 km/h, 96 kn)
  • Rate of climb: 800 ft/min (4.1 m/s)

References

  1. ^ London, Peter (1988). Saunders and Saro aircraft since 1917 (1st ed.). London: Putnam. pp. 337–339. ISBN 0851778143.
  2. Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3. Putnam.
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