Blackburn Kangaroo
| Blackburn Kangaroo | |
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| Type: | bomber |
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| First flight: |
1918 |
| Commissioning: |
1918 |
| Number of pieces: |
20th |
The Blackburn Kangaroo is a British bomber from the First World War . Initially designed as a seaplane , it was later converted to the land version. The pattern was not used until 1918; up to the armistice only 16 copies were delivered. An aircraft of the 246th Squadron of the newly founded RAF was able to sink a German submarine in the North Sea ; four more submarines were damaged by the end of the war.
After the war, Blackburn used some machines as passenger, transport and training aircraft.
Military use
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| length | 14.02 m |
| span | 22.82 m |
| Wing area | 80.64 m² |
| height | 5.13 m |
| drive | two water-cooled Rolls-Royce - Falcon -II 12-cylinder V-engines with 255 HP each |
| Top speed | 160 km / h at sea level |
| Max. Flight time | 8 hours |
| crew | four |
| Service ceiling | 3200 m |
| Empty mass | 2397 kg |
| Takeoff mass | 3636 kg |
| Armament | two 7.7-mm Lewis - MGs , 416 kg bombs |
See also
literature
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
- AJ Jackson: Blackburn Aircraft since 1909. Putnam, London 1968, ISBN 0-370-00053-6 .
- AJ Jackson: British Civil Aircraft since 1919. Putnam, London 1974, ISBN 0-370-10014-X .
- AJ Jackson: Blackburn's Marsupial. In: Airplane Monthly. August 1979, London 1979, pp. 396-402.
- Peter Lewis: British Racing and Record-Breaking Aircraft. Putnam, London 1970, ISBN 0-370-00067-6 .