Sopwith Two-Seat Scout

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name=Sopwith Two-Seat Scout


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type=Anti-Zeppelin biplane
manufacturer=Sopwith Aviation Company
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first flight=1914
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number built=24
variants with their own articles=The Sopwith Two-Seat Scout (or Type 880) was a 1910s British biplane Anti-Zeppelin scout biplane designed and built for the Admiralty by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It was nicknamed the Spinning Jenny due to a tendency to enter a spin.

Design and development

First flown in November 1914 the Two-Seat Scout was developed from the Type 807 seaplane. It was two-bay unswept biplane with equal span wings and ailerons fitted on all four wings and a braced tailplabe and a single rudder. It had a fixed tailskid landing gear with a cross-axle type main gear with twin wheels carried on vee legs under the fuselage. It was powered by a nose-mounted 100hp (75kW) Gnome Monosoupape rotary engine driving a two-bladed propeller. It had two tandem open cockpits and could carry small bombs under the fuselage.

Operators

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*Royal Naval Air Service

pecifications

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* List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service
* List of seaplanes and flying boats

References

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*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=|pages=2940
* [http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=543 British Aircraft Directory]