De Havilland Fox Moth
DH.83 Fox Moth adalah pesawat penumpang berukuran kecil dengan sayap ganda sukses dari tahun 1930-an yang menggunakan mesin tunggal de Havilland Gipsy Major I, yang diproduksi oleh de Havilland Aircraft Company.
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Pesawat ini dirancang akhir tahun 1931 sebagai pesawat penumpang ringan biaya rendah dan ekonomis.
Operator
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suntingSipil
sunting- Air Travel (NZ) Ltd, kemudian National Airways Corporation operated three aircraft.
- Blackpool and West Coast Air Services
- Giro Aviation
- Hillman's Airways
- Midland & Scottish Air Ferries
- North West Air Services
- Northern & Scottish Airways
- Olley Air Service
- Provincial Airways
- Scottish Motor Traction
Spesifikasi (DH.83)
suntingData from De Havilland Aircraft, 1909[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 3-4
- Length: 25 ft 9 in (7,85 m)
- Wingspan: 30 ft 10+5⁄8 in (9,414 m)
- Height: 8 ft 9+1⁄2 in (2,680 m)
- Wing area: 261,5 sq ft (24,29 m2)
- Airfoil: RAF 15[2]
- Empty weight: 1.071 pon (486 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 2.000 pon (907 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy III Mesin piston 4-silinder berpendingin udara, 120 hp (89 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 106 mph (171 km/h; 92 kn)
- Cruise speed: 91 mph (79 kn; 146 km/h)
- Range: 425 mi (369 nmi; 684 km)
- Service ceiling: 12.700 ft (3.871 m)
- Rate of climb: 450 ft/mnt ([convert: unit mismatch])
Referensi
sunting- ^ Jackson 1987, p. 326.
- ^ Lednicer, David. "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". m-selig.ae.illinois.edu. Diakses tanggal 16 April 2019.
- Hotson, Fred W. The de Havilland Canada Story. Toronto: CANAV Books, 1983. ISBN 0-07-549483-3.
- Jackson, A. J. British Civil Aircraft 1919-1972: Volume II. London: Putnam (Conway Maritime Press), 1988. ISBN 0-85177-813-5.
- Jackson, A.J. De Havilland Aircraft since 1909. London: Putnam, (Third ed.)1987. ISBN 0-85177-802-X.
- Mikesh, Robert C. and Shorzoe Abe. Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941. London: Putnam, 1988. ISBN 0-85177-840-2.
- Milberry, Larry. Aviation In Canada. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., 1979. ISBN 0-07-082778-8.
- Molson, Ken M. and Harold A. Taylor. Canadian Aircraft Since 1909. Stittsville, Ontario: Canada's Wings, Inc., 1982. ISBN 0-920002-11-0.
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