Larynx (unmanned aircraft)
- Larynx (unmanned aircraft)
Larynx otherwise known as "Long Range Gun with Lynx Engine" was an early British pilotless aircraft, to be used as a guided anti-ship weapon.Started in September 1925, it was a early cruise missile guided by an autopilot.
A small monoplane powered by a 200 hp Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IV engine, it had a top speed of 200 mph (320 km/h); faster than contemporary fighters. [Gibson and Buttler. "British Secret Projects: Hypersonics, ramjets and missiles" Midland 2007]
It used autopilot principles developed by Professor A Low and already used in the Ruston Proctor AT a radio controlled biplane that was intended to be used against German Zeppelin bombers
Project history
*First test July 20 1927. Launched from cordite-powered catapult fitted to the S class destroyer HMS "Stronghold". Crashed into Bristol Channel.
*Second test September 1 1927. Thought to have flown 100 miles (160 km) and then was lost.
*Third test October 15 1927. 112 mile (180 km) flight, hit five miles from target.
*Two more launches in September and October 1928 from HMS "Thanet", another S class destroyer.
*Two additional launches May 1929. Launched from land, one overflew target and other was successful. [Werrell PDF page 29]
References
External links
*http://www.vectorsite.net/twcruz_1.html#m2
*http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/rpav_britain.html
* [http://wih.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/9/2/197 Interwar British Experiments with Pilotless Aircraft pay to access]
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