Avro 584 Avocet
Avro · United Kingdom · first flew 1927 · fighter
The Avro Type 584 Avocet was a British single-engined naval fighter prototype, designed and built by Avro. It was not built in numbers.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | Mid-mounted, straight |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × piston, nose-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | 7.47 m fuselage |
| T — Tail | Conventional |
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Spot it by:
- Single-engined all-metal biplane
- Seven-cylinder Armstrong Siddeley Lynx radial engine
- Interchangeable wheels and floats
It is a small all-metal biplane with a radial engine and two fixed Vickers machine guns, built with interchangeable wheels or floats.
Specifications
- The Avro 584 Avocet has a length of 7.47 m (25 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 8.84 m (29 ft).
- Its maximum speed is 214 km/h (133 mph).
- Typical crew: 1.
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History
Roy Chadwick designed it to meet Specification 17/25 for a naval fighter. The first prototype flew as a landplane in December 1927 and the second flew as a seaplane in April 1928.
Variants
Two prototypes were built, one with a wheeled undercarriage and one as a seaplane.
Where you'll see it
Both prototypes were evaluated for the Fleet Air Arm at RAF Martlesham Heath but performance was unimpressive and it was not ordered. The second prototype was later used as a seaplane trainer by the RAF High Speed Flight at Calshot.
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