Handley Page HP.14

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name = HP.14 / Type R/200
type = Carrier Based Reconnaissance Aircraft
manufacturer = Handley Page


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first flight = 1917
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status = Prototype
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number built = 3
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variants with their own articles = The Handley Page HP.14, also designated Handley Page R/200 was a prototype British naval reconnaissance aircraft of the First World War, capable of operating from the decks of the Royal Navy's aircraft carriers or as a floatplane. Only three were built, the Parnall Panther being preferred.

Design and development

The R/200 was designed in 1917 to meet an Admiralty requirement for a two seat reconnaissance-fighter capable of operating either as a floatplane or from the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers, the flush deck "HMS Argus" and the part converted cruiser "HMS Furious". The R/200 was a small single-bay biplane powered by a 200 hp (149 kW) geared Hispano-Suiza 8 V-8 engine with a frontal radiator. Handley Page received an order for six prototypes in summer 1917. Barnes 1976, pp. 117-118.]

The first two prototypes, fitted with floats were flown in December 1917, with the third prototype, fitted with a wheeled undercarriage flying in February 1918. Test results were poorer than the competing Parnall Panther, and as Handley Page was concentrating on production and development of the O/400 and V/1500 heavy bombers, the remaining three prototypes, together with a prospective production order for 20 aircraft were cancelled in March 1918. Barnes 1976, pp. 120-121.]

pecifications (R/200)

aircraft specifications
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ref="Handley Page Aircraft Since 1907" Barnes 1976, p.121.]
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length main= 25 ft 6 in (landplane)
length alt= 7.74 m
span main= 36 ft 0 in
span alt= 10.98 m
height main= 10 ft 9½ in [ [http://www.handleypage.com/Aircraft_hp14.html Handley Page - Aircraft - H.P.14 R/200] "handleypage.com". Retrieved 17 July 2008.]
height alt= 3.29 m
area main= 390 ft²
area alt= 36.2 m²
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empty weight main= 1,882 lb
empty weight alt= 855 kg
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max takeoff weight main= 2,990 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 1,360 kg
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engine (prop)= Hispano-Suiza 8
type of prop= water cooled V-8
number of props=1
power main= 200 hp
power alt= 149 kW
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max speed main= knots
max speed alt= 93 mph, km/h
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ceiling main= 12,000 ft
ceiling alt= 3,660 m
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loading main= 7.67 lb/ft²
loading alt= 37.6 kg/m²
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power/mass main= 0.067 hp/lb
power/mass alt= 0.11 kW/kg
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guns=one .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun

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ee also

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similar aircraft=*Parnall Panther

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References

*Barnes, C. H. "Handley Page Aircraft Since 1907". London: Putnam, 1976. ISBN 0 370 00030 7.

External links

* [http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=213 British Aircraft Directory R/200]