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The Sopwith Admiralty Type 860 was a 1910s
Sopwith 860
– British Aircraft Directory {{Admiralty aircraft type numbers 1910s British bomber aircraft Type 860 Aircraft first flown in 1914
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biplane seaplane torpedo bomber designed and built for the Admiralty by the Sopwith Aviation Company
The Sopwith Aviation Company was a British aircraft company that designed and manufactured aeroplanes mainly for the British Royal Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force during the First World War, most famously ...
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Design and development
First flown in December 1914 the Type 860 was an unswept biplane. The upper wings had a strut braced extension and ailerons were fitted on all four wings. It had twin strut-mounted floats under the fuselage and a float mounted under the tail and each wingtip. Some models were powered by a nose-mounted 200 hp 14-cylinder engine; others used a 225 hp (168 kW)Sunbeam Mohawk
The Sunbeam Crusader, originally known as the Sunbeam 150 hp, Sunbeam 110 hp or Sunbeam 100 hp (variations on the engine may also have been referred to as Sunbeam 120 hp or Sunbeam 135 hp), was an early British, side-va ...
engine. Both models utilised a two-bladed propeller. It had two tandem open cockpits and could carry one 810 lb (367 kg) torpedo under the fuselage.
The Sopwith Admiralty Seaplane Type 860 was built in two versions. The standard version had wings of equal span; the second version had a lower wing of shorter span. In both versions, the wings were designed to fold. The type remained in service with RNAS until at least 1916.''Roots In The Sky – A History of British Aerospace Aircraft'', Oliver Tapper (1980), ; p. 20
Operators
; *Royal Naval Air Service
The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy, under the direction of the Admiralty's Air Department, and existed formally from 1 July 1914 to 1 April 1918, when it was merged with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps t ...
Specifications
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References
* *Sopwith 860
– British Aircraft Directory {{Admiralty aircraft type numbers 1910s British bomber aircraft Type 860 Aircraft first flown in 1914