De Havilland Fox Moth
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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.
Pesawat ini dirancang akhir tahun 1931 sebagai pesawat penumpang ringan biaya rendah dan ekonomis.
Operator
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Militer
[sunting | sunting sumber]Sipil
[sunting | sunting sumber]- 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)
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Data 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 | sunting sumber]- ^ 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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