Saunders-Roe A.33

1938


FLYING BOAT	Virtual Aircraft Museum / United Kingdom / Saunders-Roe

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Specification

MODEL	A.33
CREW	7
ENGINE	4 x 830hp Bristol Perseus XII
WEIGHTS
Take-off weight	18824 kg	41500 lb
DIMENSIONS
Wingspan	28.96 m	95 ft 0 in
Length	22.86 m	75 ft 0 in
Height	6.71 m	22 ft 0 in
Wing area	110.93 m²	1194.04 sq ft
PERFORMANCE
Max. speed	321 km/h	199 mph
Cruise speed	280 km/h	174 mph
Ceiling	4352 m	14300 ft
ARMAMENT	3 x 7.7mm, bombs or deep charges

Comments

Klaatu83, e-mail, 10.02.2013 15:28

This odd-looking machine, which looks somewhat like a Dornier flying boat, was built by Saunders-Roe to meet the same requirement as the Short Sunderland. It was intended to have power turrets in the nose and the tail, as well as machine guns firing from the peculiar-looking dorsal station ahead of the tail fin. The RAF accepted the Sunderland instead.

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