The Hawker Hornbill was the last Hawker military aircraft designed under the direction of W. G. Carter. The design was started in the summer of 1925 and the first flight took place in May 1926. The Hornbill did not achieve service in the Royal Air Force due to problems in its power plant and radiator. Only one aircraft was built. The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Radiator is a common term for several types of heat exchangers. ...
The Hornbill had a mixed material construction, having a steel engine mount and front fuselage covered with duralumin sheet. The rear fuselage was made of wood structure covered with canvas. The wings also were of wood and canvas. The engine was a 698 hp Rolls-Royce Condor IV driving a fine pitch wooden propeller. Duralumin (also called duraluminum, duraluminium or dural) is the name of one of the earliest types of age-hardenable aluminium alloys. ... The Rolls-Royce Condor was a larger version of the Rolls-Royce Eagle developing upto 675 hp. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
Performance
The aircraft was very fast but lacking in stability and control. At 150 mph, steep turns could not be made without applying full rudder. Engine overheating occurred during flight tests. The single centrally mounted radiator was replaced by two radiators mounted in the lower inner wings, but the problem was not fully cured. The small size of the cockpit restricted the movement of the pilot. The word stability has a number of technical meanings, all related to the common meaning of the word. ... Look up Control in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A cockpit was a pit used for cockfighting, where owners would pit fighting birds against each other for the purpose of gambling. ...
Specification
Span - 31' 0" (9.45 m)
Length - 26' 7½” (8.12 m)
Height - 9' 8" (2.95 m)
Empty Wt - 2975 lb (1349 kg)
Loaded Wt - 3769 lb (1710 kg)
Max speed - 187 mph at sea level (301 km/h)
Range - 200 miles (322 km)
Ceiling - 22700' (6919 m)
Armament - one Vickers Mk 2 machine gun
Reference
Hawker Aircraft since 1920 by Francis K Mason - pub Putnam 1961
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