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| A two-seat shipboard fighter-reconnaissance aircraft
designed by F A Bumpus to Specification 0.22/26, the Nautilus was of all-metal construction with duralumin
and fabric skinning, and was flown for the first time in
May 1929 with a 525hp Rolls-Royce F.XIIMS 12-
cylinder liquid-cooled engine. Armament comprised
one forward-firing 7.7mm Vickers gun and a
Lewis gun of similar calibre on a ring mounting in the
rear cockpit. Other contenders for the contract were the
Short Gurnard, the Fairey Fleetwing and a navalized
version of the Hawker Hart. After competitive trials
during the autumn of 1929, the last mentioned type was
selected for production as the Osprey. Only one Nautilus
prototype was completed.
 | A three-view drawing (1278 x 936) |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 2155 kg | 4751 lb |
| Empty weight | 1462 kg | 3223 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 11.28 m | 37 ft 0 in |
| Length | 9.65 m | 32 ft 8 in |
| Height | 3.30 m | 11 ft 10 in |
| Wing area | 42.55 m2 | 458.00 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 248 km/h | 154 mph |
| Range | 603 km | 375 miles |
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