Handley Page Hinaidi
| Handley Page Hinaidi | |
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| Type: | bomber |
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| First flight: |
March 26, 1927 |
| Commissioning: |
1929 |
| Number of pieces: |
36 |
The Handley Page HP33 Hinaidi was a twin-engine British night bomber produced by the British manufacturer Handley Page Aircraft Company from the late 1920s.
History and construction
The Hinaidi was a further development of the night bomber HP24 Hyderabad from 1923. The prototype of the Hinaidi was a conversion of the Hyderabad with the RAF serial number J7745 from the first production lot. The first flight of the conversion, which received the Gnome Rhône Jupiter IX radial engines produced in France, took place on March 26, 1927. In September 1928 the Hinaidi Mk. I reached No. 99 Squadron of the Royal Air Force .
In addition to the prototype, two new Hinaidi were built and seven Hyderabad were converted. In 1929 it was further developed as the HP36 Hinaidi Mk II, which was designed as an all-metal aircraft. 33 machines of this variant were made. The HP35 Clive, which was used as a troop transport , was derived from the Hinaidi . The Hinaidi Mk II came to the Afghan Northwest Province , and the Clive Mk II was used in Lahore . The last Hinaidis of the Special Reserve Squadrons Nos 10 and 503 were retired in October 1935.
variants
- HP.33 Hinaidi Mk I , 3 pieces + 7 converted Hyderabads
- HP.35 Clive Mk I , a converted Hinaidi Mk I.
- HP.35 Clive Mk II , 2 pieces made of all metal
- HP.36 Hinaidi II , 33 pieces made of all metal
production
Approval of the Handley Page Hinaidi and Clive by the RAF:
| version | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | total |
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| Mk.I timber construction | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Mk.I metal hull | 3 | 3 | |||
| Mk.II | 1 | 10 | 23 | 34 | |
| Clive Mk.I | 1 | 1 | |||
| Clive Mk.II | 2 | 2 | |||
| total | 3 | 7th | 12 | 23 | 45 |
Military use
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Handley Page HP36 Hinaidi Mk II |
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| crew | 4th |
| length | 18.03 m |
| span | 22.86 m |
| height | 5.18 m |
| Wing area | 136.5 m² |
| Empty mass | 3647 kg |
| Takeoff mass | 6500 kg |
| drive | two 9-cylinder radial engines Bristol Jupiter VIII with 440 HP (324 kW) each |
| Top speed | 197 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 4400 m |
| Range | 1370 km |
| Armament | three 7.7 mm machine guns, max. 657 kg bombs |
literature
- CH Barnes: Handley Page Aircraft Since 1907. Putnam & Company, Ltd., London 1987, ISBN 0-85177-803-8 .
- Philip Jarrett: By Day and By Night. Hyderabads and Hinaidis. In: Airplane Monthly , Vol 21 No 8, Issue No 244, August 1993, London, ISSN 0143-7240 . Pp. 18-24.
- Owen Thetford: Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1918-57. 1st edition, Putnam, London 1957.
