Short Sarafand Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Short Brothers (Rochester & Bedford) Ltd

First Flight:

30 June 1932

Sarafand:

1 - Short, Rochester

Type Specification

Applies to:

Short Sarafand

Type:

General reconnaissance flying boat

Wing:

Equal span, swept, unstaggered, two bay biplane. Metal structure. Ailerons fitted to upper planes

Hull:

Metal hull, mounted below lower wing with two step planing bottom

Tail Unit:

Braced monoplane type mounted part way up the fin and balanced rudder. Auxilliary fins mounted towards tailplane tip

Landing Gear:

None

Power Plant:

Six Rolls-Royce Buzzard piston engines mounted in pusher puller pairs in three nacelles mounted between the wings

Accommodation:

Crew of nine. Two pilots in enclosed cockpit in nose, navigator, radio operator and engineer in cabin and four gunners, one in nose, two amidships and one in tail

Armament:

Four Lewis guns, one at each gun position

Span:

120 ft

Length:

89 ft 6 in

Height:

Unknown

Wing Area:

3,460 sq ft

Empty:

44,750 lb

All-up:

70,000 lb

Max Speed:

153 mph

Ceiling:

12,000 ft

Range:

1,450 miles

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