Dudley Watt D.W.2

Dudley Watt D.W.2
Role Biplane
National origin United Kingdom
Designer K. N. Pearson
First flight 17 May 1930
Retired 1934
Status Dismantled
Number built 1


The Dudley Watt D.W.2 was a 1930s British two-seat light biplane designed by K.N. Pearson for Dudley Watt.[1][2] The D.W.2 was built at Brooklands and was a wood and fabric biplane with a tailskid landing gear. It had two open cockpits and was powered by a 90 hp (67 kW) ADC Cirrus III piston engine.[1]

The D.W.2 was designed to be offer exceptional handling at low speeds and to be a competitor for the de Havilland Moth family.[1] Only one D.W.2 (registered G-AAWK[3]) was built and this was sold by Dudley Watt in February 1934, it had been dismantled by the end of year.[2]

Specifications

Data from [1]The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft

General characteristics

Performance


References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Orbis 1985, p. 1580
  2. 1 2 Jackson 1973, p. 305
  3. "G-AAWK" (PDF). United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
  4. Flight 23 May 1930, p. 555.

Bibliography

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