The Blackburn R.B.2 Sydney (
serial ''N241'') was a long-range
maritime patrol
Maritime patrol or maritime reconnaissance is the task of monitoring areas of water. Generally conducted by military and law enforcement agencies, maritime patrol is usually aimed at identifying human activities.
Maritime patrol refers to active ...
flying boat
A flying boat is a type of seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a floatplane in having a fuselage that is purpose-designed for flotation, while floatplanes rely on fuselage-mounted floats for buoyancy.
Though ...
developed for the
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of t ...
in 1930 in response to
Air Ministry Specification R.5/27. It was a
parasol-winged braced monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple wings.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing con ...
with a typical flying boat configuration, featuring triple tailfins and three engines mounted on the wing's leading edge. After evaluation, it was not ordered into production, and no further examples were built.
With development of the Sydney abandoned, the construction of a cargo-carrying variant powered by radial engines, the C.B.2 Nile, was also discontinued.
Specifications (Sydney)
See also
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
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Blackburn Sydney– British Aircraft Directory
External links
in Flight, 5 September 1930
"Blackburn R.B. 2 Sydney", ''Youtube.com''first flight
"Huge All-Metal Flying Boat Weighs Ten Tons", March 1931, Popular Mechanics
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Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...
1930s British patrol aircraft
Cancelled military aircraft projects of the United Kingdom
Flying boats
Trimotors
Parasol-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1930
Triple-tail aircraft