Westland C.O.W. Gun Fighter

Westland C.O.W. Gun Fighter

infobox Aircraft
name = C.O.W. Gun Fighter
type = Interceptor
manufacturer = Westland Aircraft


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first flight = December 1930
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retired =
status = Prototype only
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number built = 1
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developed from = Westland Interceptor
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The Westland C.O.W. Gun Fighter was an attempt to produce a fighter aircraft armed with a heavy gun, in this case the Coventry Ordnance Works (COW) 37 mm automatic gun

Design and development

The design was in response to Air Ministry specification F.29/27. The design was an open cockpit single engined metal monoplane with fabric covering. The aircraft design had already been submitted for specification F.20/27 as the Westland Interceptor but had lost out to the Gloster Gauntlet. The gun was in the fuselage and fired up at an angle - the plane would make its attack on the bomber from below. The plane first flew at the end of 1930 but the trials did not give satisfactory results to continue with the idea.

The COW gun had been developed by 1918 for use in aircraft and had been trialled on the Airco DH.4.

pecifications (C.O.W. Gun Fighter)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

ref= Westland Aircraft since 1915 James 1991, pp.188-189.]

crew=One
capacity=
payload main=
payload alt=
payload more=

length main= 29 ft 10 in
length alt= 9.10 m
span main= 40 ft 10 in
span alt= 12.45 m
height main= 10 ft 7 in
height alt= 3.23 m
area main= 223 ft²
area alt= 20.7 m²
airfoil=RAF 34 James p.186.]
empty weight main= 2,615 lb
empty weight alt= 1,189 kg
loaded weight main= 3,885 lb
loaded weight alt= 1,786 kg
useful load main=
useful load alt=
max takeoff weight main=
max takeoff weight alt=
more general=

engine (prop)=Bristol Mercury IIIA
type of prop=nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engine
number of props=1
power main= 485 hp
power alt= 362 kW
power original=
max speed main= 185 mph
max speed alt= 161 knots, 299 km/h
max speed more=at 13,000 ft (3,960 m)
cruise speed main=
cruise speed alt=
cruise speed more=
never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
stall speed main=
stall speed alt=
range main=
range alt=
range more=
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ferry range alt=
ferry range more=
ceiling main= 27,900 ft Mason 1992, p.232.]
ceiling alt= 8,500 m
celing more= (Absolute ceiling: 29,400 ft (8,960 m)
climb rate main=
climb rate alt=
climb rate more=
loading main= 17.4 lb/ft²
loading alt= 86.3 kg/m²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main= 0.12 hp/lb
power/mass alt= 0.30 kW/kg
more performance=*Climb to 10,000 ft (3,050 m): 7 min

guns= One fixed upward firing 1½ lb (37 mm) COW 37 mm gun with 39 rounds

avionics=

ee also

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related=
*Westland Interceptor

similar aircraft=
*Vickers 161

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References

*James, Derek N. "Westland Aircraft since 1915". London:Putnam, 1991. ISBN 0 85177 847 X.
*Mason, Francis K. "The British Fighter since 1912". Annapolis, Maryland, US:Naval Institute Press, 1992. ISBN 1-55750-082-7.

External links

* [http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=570 British Aircraft Directory] Accessed 1 Feb 2007
* [http://www.whl.co.uk/history_cow_gunfighter.cfm Westland history] Accessed 1 Feb 2007
*http://users.skynet.be/Emmanuel.Gustin/history/NoAllowance.html Accessed 1 Feb 2007


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