AD Scout
Operational history
Trials flown by pilots of the Royal Naval Air Service at Chingford proved the aircraft to be seriously overweight, fragile, sluggish, and difficult to handle, even on the ground. The project was abandoned and all four prototypes scrapped.
Operators
United Kingdom - Royal Naval Air Service
Specifications (AD Scout) - Data from The British Fighter since 1912[2]
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 22 ft 9 in (6.93 m)
Wingspan: 33 ft 5 in (10.18 m)
Height: 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Powerplant: 1 × Gnôme Monosoupape[3] rotary engine, 100 hp (75 kW)
Performance
Maximum speed: 84 mph [4] (73 knots, 135 km/h)
Range: 210 miles[citation needed] (336 km)
Armament
Guns: 1x 2-pounder (40 mm) Davis recoilless gun (intended, but never fitted in view of the fragility of the Scout's construction)
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