Avro Avenger

Infobox Aircraft
name=566 Avenger


caption=Avro Type 566
type=Fighter
manufacturer=Avro
designer=Roy Chadwick
first flight=26 June 1926
introduced=
retired=1931
status=Cancelled
primary user=RAF (intended)
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number built=1
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variants with their own articles=The Avro 566 Avenger was a prototype British fighter of the 1920s, designed and built by Avro. It was a single-seat, single-engine biplane of wood and fabric construction. Although it was a streamlined and advanced design, it never entered production.

Development

The Avenger was designed as a private venture and Roy Chadwick penned a machine of great aerodynamic cleanliness for its time. As originally built, it was powered by a Napier Lion VIII of 525-hp and it first flew on 26 June 1926 but no order was forthcoming, partly as by the time it was evaluated, the Air Ministry did not favour the Lion as a fighter engine.

In May 1928, the machine was modified as a racer, with equi-span wings of 28 ft 0 in (8.53 in) and revised struts and ailerons; it was fitted with a 553-hp Lion. The machine was subsequently redesignated Avro 567 Avenger II.

The Avenger ended its days as an instructional airframe.

pecifications (Avenger)

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plane or copter?= plane
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ref=The Complete Book of FightersGreen, William. and Swanborough, Gordon. "The Complete Book of Fighters". New York: Smithmark Publishers Inc., 1994. ISBN 0-8317-3939-8.]
crew=1
capacity=
length main= 25 ft 6 in
length alt= 7.77 m
span main= 32 ft
span alt= 9.75 m
height main= 10 ft 3 in
height alt= 3.12 m
area main= 244 ft²
area alt= 22.7 m²
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empty weight main= 2,368 lb
empty weight alt= 1,074 kg
loaded weight main= 3,220 lb
loaded weight alt= 1,460 kg
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engine (prop)=Napier Lion VIII or IX
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number of props=1
power main= 525/553hp
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max speed main= 180 mph
max speed alt= 290 km/h
cruise speed main= 130 mph
cruise speed alt= 209 km/h
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ceiling main= 22,000 ftJackson, A.J. "Avro Aircraft since 1908." London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1990. ISBN ISBN 0-85177-834-8.]
ceiling alt= 6,700 m
climb rate main= 2,100 ft/min
climb rate alt= 10.67 m/s
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armament=*None fitted

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References

External links

* [http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=262 Britishaircraft.co.uk - Avro Avenger]
* [http://avia.russian.ee/air/england/avro_avenger.php Virtual Aircraft Museum]