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de Havilland Doncaster

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DH.29 Doncaster
J6849 in final form
Role long-range monoplane
Manufacturer de Havilland
First flight 5 July 1921
Status abandoned prototype
Primary user Air Ministry
Number built 2

The de Havilland DH.29 Doncaster was a British long-range high-wing monoplane of the 1920s built by de Havilland.

History

The DH.29 Doncaster was ordered by the British Air Ministry as an experimental long-range monoplane. The aircraft was a high-wing cantilever monoplane with unswept wings of wooden structure with a fabric covering. It had a box section wooden fuselage with a single fin. The crew of two sat in an open cockpit ahead of the wing. Two aircraft were built between 1920 and 1921 at Stag Lane Aerodrome. Early testing of the first aircraft (Serial J6849) resulted in a redesign of the engine installation. The second aircraft (Registered G-EAYO) was built as a ten-seat commercial aircraft. The airlines were not interested and further development was abandoned, effort being put into the biplane de Havilland DH.34. A proposed military reconnaissance version, the DH.30, was never built. The two aircraft finished their life at RAF Martlesham Heath with tests and trials, particularly on the thick-section cantilever wings. The Doncaster was the first British aircraft to use such wings.

Operators

 United Kingdom

Specifications (military version)

De Havilland DH.29 3-view drawing from Les Ailes, February 2, 1922

Data from de Havilland aircraft since 1909[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two
  • Capacity: 345 cu ft (9.8 m3) cabin
  • Length: 43 ft 0 in (13.11 m)
  • Wingspan: 54 ft 0 in (16.46 m)
  • Height: 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
  • Wing area: 440 sq ft (41 m2)
  • Empty weight: 4,370 lb (1,982 kg)
  • Gross weight: 7,500 lb (3,402 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 230 imp gal (276 US gal; 1,046 L) in two leading edge tanks
  • Powerplant: 1 × Napier Lion IB W-12 water-cooled piston engine, 450 hp (340 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed wood fixed pitch propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 116 mph (187 km/h, 101 kn) at 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
  • Cruise speed: 100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn)
  • Landing speed: 54 mph (47 kn; 87 km/h)

Armament

  • Guns: provision for a Scarff ring mounting .303 in (7.7 mm) machine-guns

See also

Related lists

References

Citations

  1. ^ Jackson, 1988[page needed]

Bibliography

  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing.
  • Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919. Vol. 2. London: Putnam. ISBN 978-0370100104.
  • Jackson, A.J.; Jackson, R.T. (1988). de Havilland aircraft since 1909 (Rev. and updated ed.). Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0870218965.
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