| Gamecock | |
|---|---|
| Type | Fighter aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Gloster |
| Maiden flight | February 1925 |
| Status | Retired from service |
| Primary users | Royal Air Force Finnish Air Force |
| Number built | 90 |
| Developed from | Gloster Grebe |
The Gloster Gamecock was a biplane fighter of the Royal Air Force, a development of the Mk III Grebe, that first flew in February 1925. An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing building testing selling and maintaining Aircraft, Aircraft parts The Gloster Aircraft Company Limited, known locally as GAC was a British aircraft manufacturer The maiden flight of an Aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1925: Events In Germany, in-flight (silent movies shown in commercial The Finnish Air Force (FAF ( Finnish: Ilmavoimat, Swedish: Flygvapnet) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Gloster Grebe was developed from the Gloster Grouse (an experimental aircraft later developed as a trainer and was the Royal Air Force 's first A biplane is a Fixed-wing aircraft with two main Wings The first powered heavier-than-air Aircraft, the Wright brothers' Wright Flyer A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed The Gloster Grebe was developed from the Gloster Grouse (an experimental aircraft later developed as a trainer and was the Royal Air Force 's first It differed from the Grebe primarily by way of its Bristol Jupiter engine, which replaced the unreliable Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Other changes included improved ailerons, refined fuselage contours, and internally mounted machine guns. For the band with a similar name see The Ailerons Ailerons are hinged control surfaces attached to the Trailing edge of the Wing of a Fixed-wing
The Gamecock had a fairly short RAF service life, partly because of its high accident rate - of the 90 built, 22 were lost in landing or spin accidents. In aviation a spin is an aggravated stall resulting in rotation about the center of gravity wherein the aircraft follows a downward corkscrew path These faults were remedied in the Mk. II version, by means of a longer upper wing and a modified tail unit.
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Variants
- Gamecock Mk I : Single-seat fighter aircraft for the RAF.
- Gamecock Mk II : Single-seat fighter aircraft for the Finnish Air Force. The Finnish Air Force (FAF ( Finnish: Ilmavoimat, Swedish: Flygvapnet) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. Three were supplied to the RAF, another three exported to Finland in 1928. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. 15 were built under licence in Finland as the Kukko.
- Gamecock Mk III : One RAF Gamecock Mk II modified for spin trials.
Operators
- Royal Air Force
- No. 3 Squadron RAF
- No. 17 Squadron RAF
- No. 19 Squadron RAF
- No. 23 Squadron RAF
- No. 32 Squadron RAF
- No. 43 Squadron RAF
- No. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The Finnish Air Force (FAF ( Finnish: Ilmavoimat, Swedish: Flygvapnet) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located No 3 (F Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Typhoon F2 /FGR4 and T1 from RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire No XVII Squadron (or "17 Sqn" is an active Squadron of the Royal Air Force. No XIX Squadron is a Squadron of the Royal Air Force. History No No 23 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Boeing E-3D Sentry from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire No 32 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates from RAF Northolt, west London, in the VIP No 43 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Panavia Tornado F3 from RAF Leuchars 2 Flying Training School
- No. 3 Flying Training School
- Central Flying School RAF
- RAF College, Cranwell
- Home Communications Flight
Specifications (Mk. The Royal Air Force College ( RAFC) is the Royal Air Force training and education academy which provides initial training to all RAF personnel who are preparing Cranwell ( the name means the spring where cranes are found) is a village situated in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire. I)
Data from The Era-Ending Gamecock [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: one, pilot
- Length: 19 ft 8 in (5. 99 m)
- Wingspan: 29 ft 9½ in (9. The wingspan (or just span) of an airplane or a Bird, is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip 07 m)
- Height: 9 ft 8 in (2. 94 m)
- Wing area: 264 ft² (24. 52 m²)
- Empty weight: 1,930 lb (875 kg)
- Loaded weight: 2,860 lb (1,297 kg)
- Powerplant: × Bristol Jupiter VI 9-cylinder radial, 425 hp (317 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 155 mph [2] (135 knots, 250 km/h) at 5,000 ft (1520 m), 145 mph (126 knots, 233 km/hr) at 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
- Range: 365 mi [3] (316 NM, 587 km)
- Service ceiling 22,100 ft (6,735 m)
- Rate of climb: 7,066 ft/min (36 m/s) at 1,000 ft (305 m)
- Climb to 10,000 ft (3050 m): 7. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout In Aviation, V-speeds or Velocity-speeds are standard terms used to define Airspeeds important or useful to the operation of Aircraft, such The maximal total range is the distance an Aircraft can fly between Takeoff and Landing, as limited by fuel capacity in powered aircraft or cross-country In Aeronautics, a ceiling is the maximum Density altitude an aircraft can reach under a set of conditions In Aerodynamics, the rate of climb RoC is the speed at which an Aircraft increases its Altitude. 6 min
- Endurance: 2. 5 hours
Armament
- Guns: 2×0.303 inch (7. 7mm) Vickers machine guns
See also
Related development
Related lists
References
Notes
- ^ Green and Swanborough 1983, p. The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a name primarily used to refer to the water-cooled. The Gloster Grebe was developed from the Gloster Grouse (an experimental aircraft later developed as a trainer and was the Royal Air Force 's first Many aircraft types have served in the Royal Air Force since it was formed in 1918 by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. 7.
- ^ Thetford 1957, p. 223.
- ^ Taylor 1989, p. 421.
Bibliography
- Green, William and Swanborough, Gordon. "The Era-Ending Gamecock". Air Enthusiast, Number 21, April-July 1983. Air Enthusiast was a British bi-monthly Aviation magazine published by the Key Publishing group Bromley, Kent:Pilot Press. p. 1-8, 58-62. ISSN 0143-5450.
- James, Derek N. Gloster Aircraft since 1917. London: Putnam and Company Ltd. , 1987. ISBN 0-85177-807-0.
- Taylor, M. J. H. (editor) Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London:Bracken, 1989. ISBN 1 85170 324 1.
- Thetford, Owen. Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1918-57. London:Putnam, First edition 1957.
- British Aircraft Directory accessed 21st February 2008
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