Airdrome Sopwith Baby
{{Short description|American fighter replica}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2022}}
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The Airdrome Sopwith Baby is an American amateur-built aircraft, designed and produced by Airdrome Aeroplanes, of Holden, Missouri. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 41. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
The aircraft is a full-scale replica of the First World War British Sopwith Baby scout/bomber. The replica is built from modern materials and powered by modern engines.
Design and development
The Airdrome Sopwith Baby features a strut-braced biplane layout, a single-seat open cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear with auxiliary skids and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. The Airdrome Sopwith Baby has a wingspan of {{convert|25.5|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} and a wing area of {{convert|240|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}. It can be equipped with engines ranging from {{convert|110|to|150|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. The standard engine used is the {{convert|110|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} four stroke Rotec R2800 radial engine. Building time from the factory-supplied kit is estimated at 450 hours by the manufacturer.
Operational history
Specifications (Sopwith Baby)
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References
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