Blackburn Lincock

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name = F.2 Lincock
type = Single-seat lightweight fighter
manufacturer = Blackburn Aircraft Limited

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The Blackburn F.2 Lincock was a British single-seat lightweight fighter produced by Blackburn Aircraft Limited.

Design and development

In 1928 Blackburn designed and built a private venture lightweight biplane fighter powered by a Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVC engine. The Blackburn F.2 Lincock was of wooden construction and first appeared in May 1928. It performed well in demonstrations but failed to gain any orders. The Canadian government showed an interest in the design, and a metal construction variant (the Lincock II) was built. It was tested in Canada at Camp Borden in 1930 who were interested in using the Lincock as an advanced trainer but the type was not ordered Cite book|author=Mason, Francis K|title=The British Fighter since 1912
publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1992|isbn= ISBN 1-55750-082-7. It was later used to perform public aerobatic displays in 1933 and 1934.

The final version was the Lincock III of which five were produced, two were delivered to China, two to Japan and one retained as a demonstrator. Interest from Italy resulted in Piaggio acquiring a licence to produce a two-seat version as an aerobatic trainer, only one (the Piaggio P.11) was built.

Variants

;Lincock I:Wooden-construction prototype, one built.;Lincock II:Metal-construction prototype, one built.;Lincock III:Production version, five built.;Piaggio P.11:two-seat aerobatic trainer, one Italian built.

Operators

;China as ROC
*Chinese Nationalist Air Force received 2 aircraft.;JPN
*Imperial Japanese Army Air Force received 2 aircraft.

pecifications (Lincock III)

aircraft specification

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length main= 19 ft 6 in
length alt= 5.94 m
span main= 22 ft 6 in
span alt= 6.86 m
height main= 7 ft 4 in
height alt= 2.24 m
area main= 170 ft²
area alt= 15.79 m²
empty weight main= 1,326 lb
empty weight alt= 601 kg
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max takeoff weight main= 2,082 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 944 kg
engine (prop)=Armstrong Siddeley Lynx Major
type of prop= radial piston
number of props=1
power main= 270 hp
power alt= 201 kw
max speed main= 164 mph
max speed alt= 264 km/h
range main= 380 miles
range alt= 612 km
ceiling main= 23,000 ft
ceiling alt= 7010 m
climb rate main= 1,660 ft/m
climb rate alt= 506 m/m
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*Two forward facing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine guns.

References

*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=

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