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Bristol Type 8 S.2A

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Type Description
Production Details

Type Description

  • Type 8 S.2A
  • The S.2A was originally designed against an Admiralty requirement for a two-seat fighter, with pilot and gunner seated side-by-side to avoid lengthening the fuselage. It featured the tail unit of the Scout D as well as similar wings, though with reduced rake at their tips. The centre section of the upper wing was somewhat wider than on the Scout owing to the increased fuselage width, while the cabane struts were angled outwards, but without stagger; because the lower wing was mounted slightly further aft, stagger was maintained on the interplane struts. The broader fuselage also allowed for a wider track undercarriage. As neither prototype was ever fitted with armament, it is not known what gun mounting was intended, although it seems probable that the gun would have been fitted on top of the wing to fire over the propeller or, as given by King [3], possibly on a pillar mounting behind the cockpit. The design was rejected by the Admiralty, but the War Office were interested in it as a potential advanced trainer. One 110 h.p. Clerget 9Z powerplant.

Type 8 S.2A Specification
Span Length Height Wing Area Empty Wt Max AUW Cruise Speed Maximum Speed Endurance Service Ceiling
27 ft 4 in 19 ft 9 in 8 ft 6 in 200 sq ft 913 lb 1200 lb 106 mph/ 92 kn 3 hrs
8.33 m 6.02 m 2.59 m 18.58 m2 414 kg 544 kg 171 km/h

Production Details

Serial Range C/n Batch
Qty		 Conv. Canc'd Notes
2 aircraft ordered from the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to meet an Admiralty requirement. Requirement cancelled and the order transferred to the War Office against contract 87/A/372.
3692 - 3693 1377-1378 2
2 aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to contract 87/A/372 for the RFC. Delivered in June and July 1916.
7836 - 7837 1377-1378 2 The second aircraft was later fitted with a 100 h.p. Gnome Monosoupape powerplant.
Total Production 2 2

Production Summary

All Aircraft By Type
Type Built New Conv Canc'd Total
Type 8 S.2A 2 2 4
2 (0) 2

Production References

  1. Bristol Aircraft Since 1910, C.H. Barnes (Putnam, 1964, 1970 and 1988)
  2. British Aeroplanes 1914-18, J.M. Bruce (Putnam, 1957)
  3. Armament of British Aircraft, H.F. King (Putnam, 1971)
  4. Bristol Air Ministry Contracts Ledger via The Bristol Aero Collection Trust Library
  5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/rfc/home.html

Page Revision History

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  • Improved Type Description and Added Specification details.