Avro 527
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The Avro 527 was the last Avro two-seat fighter derivative of the basic 504 design. It was built early in 1916 for trial by the Royal Flying Corps, with the features of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) Avro 504G but with a much more powerful engine; it did not reach production.
Design and development
The RNAS Avro 504G was an {{convert|80|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Gnome rotary-engined version of the Avro 504B with forward-firing Vickers guns and a Scarff ring-mounted Lewis gun in the rear cockpit.{{Harvnb|Jackson|1990|p=59}} The Avro 527{{harvnb|Jackson|1990|p=149}} was an equivalent two-seat fighter reconnaissance derivative version of the 504 intended for the RFC with the much more powerful, {{convert|150|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Sunbeam Nubian water-cooled engine. It used standard 504K wings and a central skid, single-axle undercarriage. Naval 504s had mostly been fitted with a vertical tail with a generous fixed fin, in contrast to RFC machines with the all-moving, comma-shaped rudder, and the 527 retained the fin as used by RNAS 504s.{{harvnb|Jackson|1990|pp=58, 149}} The engine installation was very different from other 504s, with two tall, almost vertical exhaust pipes, one from each bank of the upright V-eight Nubian, discharging just above the upper wing. Its radiator was mounted edge on (longitudinally) between the wings.
The 527 first flew sometime in 1916. A version with wings of 42 ft (12.3 m) span was considered, the 527A, but there is no record of it flying.
Operational history
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Specifications (Avro 527)
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References
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- {{cite book |last=Jackson |first=A. J. |title= Avro Aircraft since 1908 | year=1990 |publisher=Putnam |location=London |isbn=0-85177-834-8}}
- {{cite book |last=Green |first=William |title=The Complete Book of Fighters |year=1994 |publisher=Salamander |location=London |isbn=1-85833-777-1 |last2=Swanborough |first2=Gordon }}
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