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|manufacturer = Short Brothers |
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|first flight = 1924 |
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The '''[[Short Brothers|Short]] S.4 Satellite''' was a small, all-metal, two-seater sporting monoplane first produced in 1924. |
The '''[[Short Brothers|Short]] S.4 Satellite''' was a small, all-metal, two-seater sporting monoplane first produced in 1924. |
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Revision as of 20:56, 28 December 2006
The Short S.4 Satellite was a small, all-metal, two-seater sporting monoplane first produced in 1924.
History
The original aircraft was fitted with an ungeared Bristol Cherub engine. After the Air Minitry's light aeroplane competition at Lympne in 1924, where the Satellite was flown by the company's test pilot Mr. J. Lankester Parker, it was fitted first with the geared version of the Cherub and subsequently with the A.B.C Scorpion Mk. II engine, both of which greatly improved its maximum speed.
Design
It had a duralumin monocoque fuselage with cantilever wings, 34ft span and was fitted initially with an ungeared Bristol Cherub engine, with which it had a top speed of 70 m.p.h.
Handling Characteristics
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: two
- Length: ft in ( m)
- Wingspan: 34 ft ( m)
- Height: ft in ( m)
- Wing area: ft² ( m²)
- Empty: lb ( kg)
- Loaded: lb ( kg)
- Maximum takeoff: lb ( kg)
- Powerplant: 1 Bristol Cherub 33 h.p.
Performance
- Maximum speed: 70 mph ( km/h)
- Range: mi ( km)
- Service ceiling: ft ( m)
- Rate of climb: ft/min ( m/min)
- Wing loading: lb/ft² ( kg/m²)
- Power/Mass: hp/lb ( kW/kg)
Armament
- none
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Bibliography
- The Short Satellite, article in Shorts Quarterly Review, Vol. 2, No. 3, Autumn 1953
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