The Short Crusader, also called the Short-Bristow Crusader, was a British racing seaplane of the 1920s built by Short Brothers to compete in the 1927 Schneider Trophy race. It grew from Roy Fedden's push at Bristol to show that a radial engine, the uprated Mercury, could match the inline engines of Rolls-Royce and Napier. The airframe project was entrusted to Colonel W. A. Bristow and W. G. Carter, and Short took over the detailed design of a low-wing wooden racing floatplane. The uprated engine gave 960 hp on the bench but was limited to 810 hp in flight. The Crusader was not as fast as the winning Supermarine S.5 and went to the contest in Italy as a back-up aircraft, where it was written off in an accident.
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built by Short Brothers to compete in the 1927 Schneider Trophy race
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was a British racing seaplane of the 1920s
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1. Aviastar.org Virtual Aircraft Museum: Short-Bristow Crusader
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this low-wing, wooden racing floatplane
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Unfortunately, it was written off in an accident.
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built by Short Brothers to compete in the 1927 Schneider Trophy race
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was a British racing seaplane of the 1920s
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to compete in the 1927 Schneider Trophy race
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