Supermarine S.6

infobox Aircraft
name = Supermarine S.6/S.6A
type = Racing seaplane
manufacturer = Supermarine


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designer = Reginald Mitchell
first flight = 1929
introduced = 1929
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number built = 2
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primary user = Royal Air Force High Speed Flight
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variants with their own articles = Supermarine S.6B

The Supermarine S.6 was a 1920s British single-engined single-seat racing seaplane built by Supermarine.

History

Following the success of the Supermarine S.5 in the 1927 Schneider Trophy Reginald Mitchell designed a successor, the Supermarine S.6. The S.5 had reached the limits of power for the Convert|875|hp|kW|-1|abbr=on Napier Lion VIIB engine; the S.6 used the new 1,900 hp (1,417 kW) Rolls-Royce R engine.

Two aircraft (serial numbers N247 and N248) were built at Woolston and operated by the RAF High Speed Flight. They were entered into the 1929 Schneider Trophy at Calshot, England. N247 came first piloted by Flying Officer H.R. Waghorn at a speed of 328.63 mph (528.88 km/h). N248 was disqualified when it turned inside one of the marker poles.

The government withdrew support for the next race due to be held in 1931; all that could be done was to modify the S.6 to take a more powerful 2,350 hp (1,750 kW) version of the Rolls-Royce R engine and, following private financing, two were built as the Supermarine S.6B. The two S.6s were re-designated as S.6As and were brought up to a similar standard as the S.6Bs, N248 was part of the team for the 1931 contest at Calshot but did not fly in the race.

urvivors

Serial Number N248 is on display at Solent Sky museum in Southampton, England.

Operators

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*Royal Air Force
**High Speed Flight

pecifications (N247)

aircraft specification

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crew=1
length main=25 ft 10 in
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span main=30 ft
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height main= 12 ft 3 in
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area main= 145 sq ft
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empty weight main=4,471 lb
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loaded weight main= 5,771 lb
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engine (prop)=Rolls-Royce R
type of prop=inline engine
number of props=1
power main=1,900 hp
power alt=1,417 kW
max speed main=328 mph
max speed alt=529 km/h
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ee also

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* Supermarine S.4
* Supermarine S.5
* Supermarine S.6B

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lists=
* List of aircraft of the RAF
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* Schneider Trophy

References

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