Flanders B.2
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|image=Aviation Before the First World War Q69724.jpg
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|type=Two-seat light biplane
|manufacturer=Howard Flanders
|national_origin=United Kingdom
|designer=Howard Flanders
|first_flight=22 December 1912
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|primary_user=Royal Naval Air Service
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|number_built=1
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The Flanders B.2 was a 1910s British experimental biplane designed and built by Howard Flanders and later used by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS)
Development
Flanders designed and built a two-seat biplane designated the Flanders B.2 to take part in military trials that were to be held on Salisbury Plain in 1912. It did not take part in the trials as an engine was not available in time. The aircraft was eventually flown with a variety of engines, with the final engine fit (a 70 hp (52 kW) Gnome rotary) the aircraft was bought in 1914 by the Admiralty and operated by the RNAS from Great Yarmouth on non-operational duties.
Operators
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Specifications (ABC engine as originally flown)
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|prime units? = imp
|crew=Two
|length m=9.6
|length ft=31
|length in=6
|span m=13.11
|span ft=43
|span in=0
|wing area sqm=37.16
|wing area sqft=400
|empty weight kg=304
|empty weight lb=607
|gross weight kg=499
|gross weight lb=1100
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=A.B.C inline engine
|eng1 kw=30
|eng1 hp=40
|max speed kmh=90
|max speed mph=56
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See also
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References
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing
Category:1910s British experimental aircraft