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Blackburn F.2 Lincock

The Blackburn F.2 Lincock was a British single-seat lightweight fighter.

In 1928 Blackburn designed and built a private venture lightweight biplane fighter powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVC engine.

The Blackburn F.2 Lincock was of wooden construction and first appeared in May 1928. It performed well in demonstrations but failed to gain any orders.

The Canadian government showed an interest in the design, and a metal construction variant (the Lincock II) was built.

It was tested in Canada at Camp Borden in 1930 where there was interest in using the Lincock as an advanced trainer, but the type was not ordered.

It was later used to perform public aerobatic displays in 1933 and 1934.

The final version was the Lincock III of which five were produced, two were delivered to China, two to Japan and one retained as a demonstrator.

Interest from Italy resulted in Piaggio acquiring a licence to produce a two-seat version as an aerobatic trainer, though only one Piaggio P.11 was built.

Variants

Lincock I

Wooden-construction prototype, one built.

Lincock II

Metal-construction prototype, one built.

Lincock III

Production version, five built.

Piaggio P.11

Two-seat aerobatic trainer, one built in Italy.

Specifications

Crew

1

Length

19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)

Wingspan

22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)

Height

7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)

Wing area

170 sq ft (16 m2)

Empty weight

1,326 lb (601 kg)

Max take-off weight

2,082 lb (944 kg)

Powerplant

1 × Armstrong Siddeley Lynx Major 7-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine,

270 hp (200 kW)

Propellers

2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

Maximum speed

164 mph (264 km/h, 143 kn) at sea level

Range

380 mi (610 km, 330 nmi)

Service ceiling

23,000 ft (7,000 m)

Rate of climb

1,660 ft/min (8.4 m/s)

Armament

Guns

2 × forward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine guns.

Military User’s

Chinese Nationalist Air Force

Imperial Japanese Army Air Force

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