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| Flown for the first time in May 1916, the Pike three-seat
twin-engined biplane was designed primarily to meet
an Admiralty requirement for a long-range escort and
anti-airship fighter. The pilot was seated just ahead of
the mainplanes with gunners' cockpits, each with a
free-mounted 7.7mm Lewis, fore and aft. Of
wooden construction with fabric skinning, the first prototype
Pike had two 150hp Sunbeam eight-cylinder
liquid-cooled engines mounted as pushers driving two-bladed propellers via extension shafts. A second Pike,
the Avro 523A, differed primarily in having two 150hp
Green six-cylinder liquid-cooled engines driving tractor
propellers and a Scarff-type ring mounting for the
forward Lewis gun. No production of the Pike was
ordered following completion of official trials.
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| MODEL | Avro 523 |
| ENGINE | 2 x 160hp Sunbeam Nubian |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 2751 kg | 6065 lb |
| Empty weight | 1814 kg | 3999 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 18.29 m | 60 ft 0 in |
| Length | 11.91 m | 39 ft 1 in |
| Height | 3.55 m | 12 ft 8 in |
| Wing area | 75.71 m2 | 814.93 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 156 km/h | 97 mph |
| Lynn Morton, e-mail, 28.12.2024 14:59 So the Admiralty didn't choose the Avro. Did they choose something else to fulfil that requirement? reply |
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