Supermarine Commercial Amphibian

Infobox Aircraft
name = Commercial Amphibian
type = Flying boat
manufacturer = Supermarine


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designer = Reginald Mitchell
first flight = September 1920
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The Supermarine Commercial Amphibian was a British passenger-carrying flying boat designed by Reginald Mitchell and built by the Supermarine Aviation Works.

Description

The Supermarine Commercial Amphibian was a single-engined biplane flying boat with a wooden hull and unequal span wings. The engine was mounted between the wings in pusher configuration. The tail had a single vertical fin, and single tailplane mounted halfway up the fin.

The pilot was accommodated in an open cockpit just forward of the wings, and the passengers sat in an enclosed cabin further forward.

pecifications

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?= plane
jet or prop?= prop
crew= 1 pilot
capacity = 2 passengers
length main= 32 ft 6 in
length alt= 9.9 m
span main= 50 ft
span alt= 15.25 m
height main= 14 ft 6 in
height alt= 4.42 m
loaded weight main= 5,700 lb
loaded weight alt= 2,585.5 kg
empty weight main= 3,996 lb
empty weight alt= 1,812.5 kg
engine (prop)= Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII in pusher configuration
number of props= 1
power main= 350 hp
power alt= 261 kW
max speed main= 94 mph
max speed alt= 151.3 km/h
range main= 312 miles
range alt= 502 km

ee also

* List of seaplanes and flying boats

References

* [http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=199 British Aircraft Directory]