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| rdfs:comment | - |} The Bristol Scout was a simple, single seat, rotary-engined biplane originally intended as a civilian racing aircraft. Like other similar fast, light aircraft of the period - it was acquired by the RNAS and the RFC as a "scout", or fast reconnaissance type. In the event it was one of the first single-seaters to be used as a fighter aircraft, although it was not possible to fit it with an effective forward-firing armament until the first British synchronisation gears became available, by which time the Scout's design was outmoded by later types. Single seat fighters continued to be called "scouts" in British usage into the early 1920s.
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| loaded weight main | |
| climb rate main | |
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| Produced | |
| Status | |
| more performance | - * Combat endurance: 2½ hours
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| Type | - single-seat scout/fighter
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| length main | |
| power alt | |
| area main | |
| power main | |
| wing loading main | |
| height main | |
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| Manufacturer | - British and Colonial Aeroplane Company
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| power/mass main | |
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| ceiling main | |
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| wing loading alt | |
| loaded weight alt | |
| area alt | |
| First Flight | |
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| max speed alt | |
| jet or prop? | |
| empty weight alt | |
| plane or copter? | |
| ceiling alt | |
| Crew | |
| Armament | - * 1 × Lewis or Vickers machine gun
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| ref | - Bristol Aircraft since 1910
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| abstract | - |} The Bristol Scout was a simple, single seat, rotary-engined biplane originally intended as a civilian racing aircraft. Like other similar fast, light aircraft of the period - it was acquired by the RNAS and the RFC as a "scout", or fast reconnaissance type. In the event it was one of the first single-seaters to be used as a fighter aircraft, although it was not possible to fit it with an effective forward-firing armament until the first British synchronisation gears became available, by which time the Scout's design was outmoded by later types. Single seat fighters continued to be called "scouts" in British usage into the early 1920s.
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