Roden 404 1/48 Sopwith 1.5 Strutter Single-seat Bomber
After the successful debut of the two-seat Sopwith 1½ Strutter fighter, RNAS ordered the Sopwith 9700 single-seat bomber among six new types for its own needs. At that time the Admiralty were planning great offensive air raids against Germany’s industrial centers, but the lack of a suitable aeroplane delayed this idea.
The first single-seat 1½ Strutter was delivered to the RNAS in June 1916, but official acceptance took place in August. At the same time the RFC also ordered the 1½ Strutter from Sopwith, and many subcontractors also began to build this type: Morgan & Co, Hooper, Mann & Egerton, and Westland completed 372 single-seat 1½ Strutters in total.
Specification
- Wingspan: 10,21 m
- Length: 7,70 m
- Take off weight: 1062 kg
- Speed: max 160 km/h
- Time of 2000 m reaching 9 min
- Service ceiling 3900 m
- Powerplant 110 h.p. Clerget 9Z or 130 h.p. Clerget 9B or 110 h.p. Le Rhone 9J
- Armament 0.303 Vickers, fixed, synchronized
- Bombs 4×65 lb. or smaller, equal in weight
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