Dudley Watt D.W.2

Dudley Watt D.W.2
Role	Biplane
National origin	United Kingdom
Designer	K. N. Pearson
First flight	17 May 1930
Retired	1934
Status	Dismantled
Number built	1

The Dudley Watt D.W.2 was a 1930s British two-seat light biplane designed by K.N. Pearson for Dudley Watt.^[1][2] The D.W.2 was built at Brooklands and was a wood and fabric biplane with a tailskid landing gear. It had two open cockpits and was powered by a 90 hp (67 kW) ADC Cirrus III piston engine.^[1]

The D.W.2 was designed to be offer exceptional handling at low speeds and to be a competitor for the de Havilland Moth family.^[1] Only one D.W.2 (registered G-AAWK^[3]) was built and this was sold by Dudley Watt in February 1934, it had been dismantled by the end of year.^[2]

Specifications

Data from ^[1]The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 25 ft 10 in (7.87 m)
• Wingspan: 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m)
• Wing area: 350^[4] ft² (32.5 m²)
• Empty weight: 1050 lb (476 kg)
• Gross weight: 1224 lb (555 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × ADC Cirrus III inline piston engine, 67 hp (90 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 90 mph (145 km/h)

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Orbis 1985, p. 1580
2. ^ ^{a b} Jackson 1973, p. 305
3. ^ "G-AAWK". United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAWK.pdf. Retrieved 25 August 2010. 
4. ^ Flight 23 May 1930, p. 555.

Bibliography

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. 
• Jackson, A.J. (1973). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10010 7. 
• "D.W.2: A School Machine with Very Low Landing Speed". Flight (23 May 1930): pp. 555–558. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1930/untitled0%20-%200579.html?tracked=1.