Handley Page Type S
HPS-1 | |
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Role | Fighter |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | Handley Page |
First flight | 7 September 1923 |
Status | Prototype |
Number built | 2 |
The Handley Page Type S, or HPS-1 was a prototype British carrier-based fighter developed for the United States Navy in the early 1920s. A low-wing monoplane, it was unsuccessful, only two being built and flown.
Development and design
In 1921 the United States Navy drew up a specification for a single-seat fighter aircraft capable of operating either as a landplane from its aircraft carriers or from the water as a
The US Navy placed an order for three prototypes, designated HPS-1 (Handley Page Scout) in the contemporary US Navy designation system.
Operators
- United States
Specifications (Type S)
Data from Handley Page Aircraft since 1907 [6]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 21 ft 5.5 in (6.541 m)
- Wingspan: 29 ft 3 in (8.92 m)
- Height: 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) [7]
- Wing area: 114.5 sq ft (10.64 m2)
- Empty weight: 1,320 lb (599 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 2,030 lb (921 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Bentley BR2 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 230 hp (170 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 146.5 mph (235.8 km/h, 127.3 kn)
- Stall speed: 44 mph (71 km/h, 38 kn)
- Endurance: 3 hours[8]
- Service ceiling: 21,000 ft (6,400 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,800 ft/min (9.1 m/s) [8]
Armament
- Guns: Provision for 2× Marlin machine guns
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Notes
References
- Barnes, C. H. (1976). Handley Page Aircraft since 1907. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-00030-7.
- Green, William; Swanborough, Gordon (1994). The Complete Book of Fighters. New York: Smithmark. ISBN 0-8317-3939-8.
- Mason, Francis K. (1992). The British Fighter since 1912. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-082-7.
- Swanborough, Gordon; Bowers, Peter M. (1976). United States Navy Aircraft since 1911 (Second ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-10054-9.