Wight Seaplane

infobox Aircraft
name = Seaplane
type = Biplane floatplane
manufacturer = John Samuel White & Company Limited (Wight Aircraft)


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designer = Howard T Wright
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introduced = 1915
retired = 1917
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primary user = Royal Naval Air Service
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number built = 52
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The Wight Seaplane was a British twin-float seaplane produced by John Samuel White & Company Limited (Wight Aircraft). Also known as Admiralty Type 840.

Design and development

Designed by Howard T Wright and built by the aircraft department of the shipbuilding company John Samuel Wight & Company Limited, the Wight Seaplane was a slightly smaller version (61 ft (18.59m) span) of the Wight Pusher Seaplane. The aircraft was a conventional two-float seaplane with tandem open cockpits and a nose mounted 225hp (168 kW) Sunbeam engine. Fifty two aircraft were built and delivered and an extra 20 were produced as spares Cite book |author=Mason, Francis K
title=The British Bomber since 1914 |publisher=Putnam Aeronautical Books |location= London |year=1994 |isbn= 0 85177 861 5.

Operators

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*Royal Naval Air Service

pecifications (Seaplane)

aircraft specification

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length main= 41 ft 0 in
length alt= 12.50 m
span main= 61 ft 0 in
span alt= 18.59 m
height main=
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area main= 568 ft²
area alt= 52.8 m²
empty weight main= 3,408 lb
empty weight alt= 1,549 kg
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max takeoff weight main= 4,810 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 2,186 lb
engine (prop)=Sunbeam
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number of props=1
power main= 225 hp
power alt= 168 kw
max speed main= 81 mph
max speed alt=70 knots, 130 km/h
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armament= One 810 lb (370 kg) 14 inch torpedo or equivalent weight in bombs.

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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Pusher Seaplane • Wight Seaplane • Baby • Bomber • Converted Seaplane
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