Armstrong Whitworth Wolf

Infobox Aircraft
name=Wolf


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type=trainer
manufacturer=Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
designer=
first flight=19 January 1923
introduced=1923
retired=1931
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primary user=Royal Air Force
more users=Royal Aircraft Establishment
produced=1923-1929
number built=6
variants with their own articles=The Armstrong Whitworth Wolf was a British two-seat reconnaissance aircraft ordered by the Royal Air Force in 1923.

It was a two-bay biplane of unorthodox design, with the fuselage mounted between the two sets of wings. No production order was placed, and the three machines built served their days at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough as experimental testbeds.

Alongside the RAF's order in 1923, Armstrong Whitworth also built two for the RAF Reserve Flying School at Whitley, and a final, sixth aircraft in 1929. As trainers, they proved popular with pilots although less so with ground crews for whom the rigging and undercarriage were awkward to maintain.

All Wolves were retired from service in 1931 and all but the most recently-built were scrapped. The final aircraft was taken to Hamble for use as an instructional airframe.

Operators

;UK
*Royal Air Force
*Royal Aircraft Establishment

pecifications ( )

aircraft specifications
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crew=two: pilot and observer or instructor
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payload main=
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length main= 31 ft
length alt=9.45
span main=39 ft 10 in
span alt=12.14
height main=13 ft
height alt=3.96 m
area main= 488 sq. ft
area alt= 45.3 m2
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empty weight main= 2,690 lb
empty weight alt= 1,220 kg
loaded weight main=4,090 lb
loaded weight alt= 1,855 kg
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engine (prop)=Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar III
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number of props=1
power main= 350 hp
power alt=260 kW
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max speed main= 110 mph
max speed alt= 177 km/h
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ceiling main= 15,150
ceiling alt= 4,600
climb rate main= 770 ft/min
climb rate alt= 3.9 m/s
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*Endurance: 3 hr 45 min
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*1 × fixed, forward-firing .303 Vickers machine gun
*1 × .303 Lewis machine gun in Scarff ring for observer
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External links

* [http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=107 British aircraft directory]

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*List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force
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