Avro 510

Infobox Aircraft
name=510


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type=Racing seaplane
manufacturer=Avro
designer=
first flight=July 1914
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number built=6
variants with their own articles=Avro 519

The Avro 510 was a two-seat racing seaplane designed by Avro to compete in the 1914 Circuit of Britain Race. It was a conventional two-bay biplane of greatly uneven span equipped with two large central floats and two outriggers. The race was called off at the outbreak of the First World War, but the British Admiralty was aware of the type and ordered five examples, with modified floats and tail. In service, these proved completely unsuitable, and it was discovered that with a second person aboard the aircraft could barely fly. In October 1915, the 510s in service were sent to Supermarine for modification and improvement, but by March the following year all were removed from service. Jackson 1990, pp.136-138.]

pecifications

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

ref=Avro Aircraft since 1908 Jackson 1990, p.138.]

crew=1 pilot
capacity=1 observer or passenger
payload main=
payload alt=
length main= 38 ft
length alt=11.59 m
span main=63 ft
span alt=19.21 m
height main=
height alt=
area main= 564 ft²
area alt= 52.4 m²
airfoil=
empty weight main= 2,080 lb
empty weight alt= 943 kg
loaded weight main= 2,800 lb
loaded weight alt= 1,270 kg
useful load main=
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engine (prop)=Sunbeam Crusader ref label|Note1|a|a
type of prop=V-8 water cooled engine
number of props=1
power main=150 hp
power alt=112 kW
power original=

max speed main= 70 mph
max speed alt= 113 km/h
cruise speed main=
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never exceed speed main=
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range main=
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ceiling main=
ceiling alt=
climb rate main=220 ft/min ref label|Note1|b|b
climb rate alt= 1.1 m/s
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*Endurance: 4 hr 30 min
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ee also

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related=*Avro 519

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Notes

note label|Note1|a|aMost sources give the powerplant of the 510 as a Sunbeam Nubian, an engine that would not yet exist until all the 510s had been withdrawn from service in 1916. The Wolverhampton Museum of Industry website cites Eric Brew's "Sunbeam Aero Engines" and identifies the 510's engine as a Crusader. cite web |url=http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Transport/planes/SunbeamEngines1.htm |title= Sunbeam: Side Valve Engines: The Crusader|accessdate=2008-08-02 |work=Wolverhampton Museum of Industry |publisher=Wolverhampton History & Heritage Society |date= ]

note label|Note1|b|bClimb to 1000 ft (305 m) 4.5 minutes.

References

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External links

* [http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=293 britishaircraft.co.uk]