Fairey Hamble Baby

infobox Aircraft
name = Hamble Baby
type = Floatplane scout
manufacturer = Fairey Aviation


caption =
designer =
first flight =
introduction = 1917
retired =
status = Retired
primary user = Royal Naval Air Service
more users = Royal Air Force
produced =
number built = 180
program cost=
unit cost = £2,100 Taylor 1974, p.66]
developed from = Sopwith Baby
variants with their own articles =
Fairey Aviation built a number of Sopwith Baby floatplanes at its Hamble works. In an attempt to improve the design, Fairey fitted a new design of wing to the original baby fuselage. A production order for this aircraft was forthcoming, and the 'new' design called the Hamble Baby. Parnall also produced Hamble Babies, which had some detail differences from the Fairey produced aircraft.

Operators

; UK
*Royal Flying Corps
*Royal Air Force
**No. 247 Squadron RAF
*Royal Naval Air Service

pecifications (110 hp Clerget)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
ref=The British Fighter since 1912 Mason 1992, p.88-89]
crew=One
capacity=
length main= 23 ft 4 in
length alt= 7.11 m
span main= 27 ft 9¼ in
span alt= 8.47 m
height main= 9 ft 6 in
height alt= 2.90 m
area main= 246 ft²
area alt= 23.5 m²
airfoil=
empty weight main= 1,386 lb
empty weight alt= 630 kg
loaded weight main= 1,946 lb
loaded weight alt= 885 kg
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engine (prop)= Clerget
type of prop= rotary engine
number of props=1
power main= 110 hp
power alt= 82 kW
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max speed main= 80 knots
max speed alt= 92 mph, 148 km/h
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ceiling main= 7,500 ft
ceiling alt= 2,290 m
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*Endurance: 2 hr
*Climb to 2,000 ft (610 m): 5 min 30 sec
guns= One 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun
bombs= Two 65 lb (30 kg) bombs
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ee also

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related=Sopwith Baby
similar aircraft=

References

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Aircraft Manufacturing in Hampshire by Doghouse Craft and Cards
From an Original by Sopwith by David Fleming