De Havilland Hound

infobox Aircraft
name = DH.65 Hound
type = Day Bomber
manufacturer = de Havilland Aircraft Company


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first flight = 17 November 1926
introduced = 1928
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number built = 1
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primary user = Royal Air Force
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variants with their own articles = The de Havilland DH.65 Hound was a 1920s British two-seat day bomber built by De Havilland Aircraft Company at Stag Lane Aerodrome.

History

The Hound was designed as a two-seat general purpose biplane as a private venture to meet Air Ministry Specification 12/26. The prototype "G-EBNJ" first flew on 17 November 1926Cite book |author=Mason, Francis K |authorlink =|title=The British Bomber since 1914 |publisher=Putnam Aeronautical Books|location=London |year=1994 |isbn= 0 85177 861 5. It was of all-wooden construction and powered by a Napier Lion engine. In 1927 the nose and rudder were modified, it was fitted with a geared engine and received the modified designation DH.65A. It was delivered to the Royal Air Force in January 1928 receiving serial number "J9127" for evaluation. While it showed superior performance to the other competitors for the specification, it was rejected because of its wooden construction and the order was placed with the Hawker Hart.

Despite its rejection by the RAF, on 26 April 1928 the aircraft set a world record for carrying a load of 1,000 kg over 100 km at 160 mph piloted by H.S. Broad cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2|year= 1973|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0 370 10107 X ] .

A project to further develop the Hound as a four-seat passenger transport under the designation DH.74 was left unrealised.

The design being otherwise unsuccessful, the second aircraft "G-EBNK" was not completed.

Operators

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*Royal Air Force

pecifications (DH.65A)

aircraft specification

ref=British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2
plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
crew=3
length main= 31 ft 0 in
length alt= 9.45 m
span main= 45 ft 0 in
span alt= 13.72m
height main= 11 ft 6 in
height alt= 3.51 m
area main= 462 ft²
area alt= 42.9 m²
empty weight main= 2,981 lb
empty weight alt= 1,355 kg
loaded weight main=
loaded weight alt=
max takeoff weight main= 4,934 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 2,243 kg
engine (prop)=Napier Lion XI
type of prop= 12-cylinder W-block inline engine
number of props=1
power main= 550 hp
power alt= 410 kW
max speed main= 133 knots
max speed alt= 153 mph, 246 km/h
range main= 870 nm
range alt= 1,000 mi, 1,610 km
ceiling main= 25,500 ft
ceiling alt= 7,770 m
climb rate main= 1,490 ft/min
climb rate alt=7.57 m/s
loading main=
loading alt=
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armament="Provision for":

*One forward firing Vickers machine gun and one Lewis gun on Scarff ring in rear cockpit
*Up to two 230 lb bombs carried under wings

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*List of aircraft of the RAF

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References

* [http://britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=85 British Aircraft Directory] accessed 21 June 2007

External links

* [http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=85 British Aircraft Directory]