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| During 1926, in which year Gloucestershire Aircraft
changed its name to Gloster Aircraft,
the company was approached by the Japanese Nakajima
concern, which (together with Aichi and Mitsubishi)
had been asked to submit a design for a new shipboard
fighter for the Imperial Japanese Navy. At this
time, H P Folland was designing a shipboard fighter as
a company venture. Named Gambet, the prototype was
of wooden construction and powered by a 420hp
Bristol Jupiter VI nine-cylinder radial, armament consisting
of two 7.7rnm Vickers guns mounted
in troughs in the fuselage sides. This prototype was
acquired by Nakajima in July 1927, together with
manufacturing rights. After modification by a team led
by Takao Yoshida and installation of a 520hp Nakajima-
built Jupiter VI engine, the Gambet competed
against prototypes of indigenous design and was
ordered into production in April 1929 as the Navy Type
3 Carrier Fighter (A1N1).
 | A three-view drawing (800 x 587) |
| MODEL | Gloster Gambet |
| ENGINE | 1 x Bristol Jupiter VI, 313kW |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 1395 kg | 3075 lb |
| Empty weight | 912 kg | 2011 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 9.70 m | 32 ft 10 in |
| Length | 6.49 m | 21 ft 4 in |
| Height | 3.25 m | 11 ft 8 in |
| Wing area | 26.38 m2 | 283.95 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 245 km/h | 152 mph |
| Ceiling | 7070 m | 23200 ft |
| zhonghua, 20.06.2011 09:58 Nakajima- built Jupiter VI engine, the Gambet competed against prototypes of indigenous design and was ordered into production in April 1929 as the Navy Type 3 Carrier Fighter reply | | rod humphries, e-mail, 20.02.2010 00:50 I have several pictures of aircraft similar to this one as well as Russell Adams originals of Meteors, Javelins. Also Cyril Peckham shots of Hunters, Seahawks etc. reply |
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