Bristol Bagshot

The Bristol Bagshot, also known as the Type 95 was a heavily armed British fighter prototype of the 1920s built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Development

The Air Ministry had issued Specification 4/24 in 1924 calling for a multi-seat twin-engined fighter capable of carrying two Coventry Ordnance Works 37 mm cannon. To meet this requirement Frank Barnwell designed the radical Bristol Bagshot, which was first flown on 15 July 1927. Powered by two Bristol Jupiter VI engines, the Bagshot had an unusual triangular-section steel-tube fabric-covered fuselage and a two-spar mounted wing with a steel primary structure. One 37 mm cannon was carried in a nose turret and another mounted on a Scarff ring at the rear of the aircraft. The crew comprised two pilots and two gunners.

Operational history

During flight trials it was discovered that aileron reversal resulting from the flexibility of the wing provided ineffective lateral control. As such the Air Ministry ordered a 'radical redesign' of the Bagshot, however this was never completed and the aircraft never was more than a prototype.

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References

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External links

* [http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=163 British Aircraft Directory]
* [http://www.transportarchive.org.uk/getobject.php?rnum=G1495&searchitem=Monoplane&mtv=G1&pnum=1 picture at Transport Archive]
* [http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/bristol_bagshot.php Aviastar.org]