Avro 504K

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Avro 504K
Role Trainer/Reconnaissance/Fighter
Manufacturer Avro
Designer A.V. Roe
Primary user U.K. (RFC/RAF)
Developed from Avro 504
Wingspan 11.0 m (36 ft) [1][2][3]
Engine 100hp Gnome 9B-2 rotary or
110 hp Le Rhône 9J rotary or
130hp Clerget 9B rotary[3][4]
Armament top-wing Lewis on Foster mount
Max Speed see chart
Climb see chart
Ceiling see chart
Endurance see chart

By 1917-18, the Avro 504 had found its niche as a well-behaved training machine, but some Avro 504Ks were converted to Home Defense duties in the north of England, where they served with five Squadrons through the end of the war. A single Lewis gun was mounted above the top wing on a Foster mount. [5]

EngineSpeedClimbCeilingEndurance
100hp Gnome Monosoupape 137 km/h (85 mph) [3][6][4] at 2,000 m (6,500 ft) 1,800 m (6,000 ft) in 9:00[4] 4,000 m (13,000 ft)[6][4][3] 3:00[6][4][2][3]
110hp Le Rhône 153 km/h (95 mph) [1][2][3][1]
140 km/h (87 mph) at 2,000 m (6,500 ft)[4]
1,100 m (3,500 ft) in 5:00[6][1]
1,500 m (5,000 ft) in 8:05[4]
2,400 m (8,000 ft) in 10:00[6][1]
3,000 m (10,000 ft) in 16:00[6]-23:40[4][1]
4,200 m (13,900 ft)[4] to
4,900 m (16,000 ft)[6] to
5,500 m (18,000 ft)[1]
3:00[4]

For more information, see Wikipedia:Avro 504.

Timeline [note 1]

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Unofficial Stats
Availability Maneuver Damage Dmg Points Max Alt. Climb
18Q1-18Q4 G B 14 10 5
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Notes
  1. British usage numbers are approximate, derived from the squadron histories.[7]
Citations
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Lamberton, pp.212-213.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Angelucci, p.23.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Argus Vol. 3, p.10.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 Bruce'91, p.35.
  5. Bruce'69, p.50.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Bruce'69, p.52.
  7. Philpott'13, pp.379-444.
Bibliography
  • Enzo Angelucci, ed. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914-1980. New York: The Military Press, 1983 edition. ISBN 0-517-41021-4.
  • Argus Books, Airplane Archive: Aircraft of World War One, Volume 3. Great Britain: Argus Books, 1989. ISBN 0-85242-998-3
  • J.M. Bruce. British Aeroplanes 1914-18. Great Britain: Funk & Wagnalls, 1957, 1969. ISBN 0370000382
  • J.M. Bruce, Windsock Datafile 28: Avro 504K. Great Britain: Albatros Publications, Ltd., 1991. ISBN 0-948414-32-4
  • W.M. Lamberton and E.F. Cheesman, Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Great Britain: Harleyford Publications Limited, 1960.
  • Ian Philpott, The Birth of the Royal Air Force. Great Britain: Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2013. ISBN 978-1-78159-333-2