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[[Image:Im1930v151-p13b.jpg |thumb|1930.Avro 621 All - Metal Training Aeroplane. ]] | [[Image:Im1930v151-p13b.jpg |thumb|1930.Avro 621 All - Metal Training Aeroplane. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im090617SC-Av-521.jpg|thumb| 1931. Avro Tutor. Two-seat Biplane. Exhibit at the [[Shuttleworth Collection]]. ]] | |||
[[image:Im19321117FL-AvroTutad.jpg |thumb| November 1932. (Flight 1932/11/17)]] | [[image:Im19321117FL-AvroTutad.jpg |thumb| November 1932. (Flight 1932/11/17)]] | ||
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The '''Avro Model 621''' was designed by [[Roy Chadwick]] as an Avro private venture metal replacement for the Avro 504. Conceived as a light initial pilot trainer, the biplane design featured heavily staggered equal span, single-bay wings; the construction was based on steel tubing (with some wooden components in the wing ribs) with doped linen covering. A conventional, fixed divided main undercarriage with tail skid was used in all but the latest aircraft, which had a tail wheel. | |||
The Model 621 was powered either by a 155 hp (116 kW) [[Armstrong Siddeley Motors: Mongoose|Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose]] or [[Armstrong Siddeley Motors: Lynx|Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IV]] (180 hp/130 kW) or IVC (240 hp/179 kW) engine; later Lynx-powered models had the engine enclosed in a Townend ring cowling. The Mongoose powered version was called the 621 Trainer and the more numerous Lynx-engined aircraft the Tutor. The Tutor also differed by having a more rounded rudder. | |||
The first flight of the prototype G-AAKT was in September 1929, piloted by Avro chief test pilot Captain Harry Albert "Sam" Brown. | |||
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Tutor Wikipedia] | |||
Latest revision as of 10:31, 8 March 2016
Note: This is a sub-section of Avro.
The Avro Model 621 was designed by Roy Chadwick as an Avro private venture metal replacement for the Avro 504. Conceived as a light initial pilot trainer, the biplane design featured heavily staggered equal span, single-bay wings; the construction was based on steel tubing (with some wooden components in the wing ribs) with doped linen covering. A conventional, fixed divided main undercarriage with tail skid was used in all but the latest aircraft, which had a tail wheel.
The Model 621 was powered either by a 155 hp (116 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose or Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IV (180 hp/130 kW) or IVC (240 hp/179 kW) engine; later Lynx-powered models had the engine enclosed in a Townend ring cowling. The Mongoose powered version was called the 621 Trainer and the more numerous Lynx-engined aircraft the Tutor. The Tutor also differed by having a more rounded rudder.
The first flight of the prototype G-AAKT was in September 1929, piloted by Avro chief test pilot Captain Harry Albert "Sam" Brown.