The Airco DH.3 was a British bomber of the First World War, designed in 1916 by Geoffrey de Havilland as a long-range day bomber for the Aircraft Manufacturing Company. It was a large biplane with wide-span three-bay wings and a slender fuselage, powered by two 120 hp Beardmore engines mounted as pushers between the wings, and it had two wheels under the nose to stop it tipping forward. A second prototype, the DH.3A, was built with more powerful 160 hp Beardmore engines and the War Office ordered 50, but the order was cancelled before any were completed, possibly because the climb rate was still far too low, taking 58 minutes to reach 6,500 feet. The two prototypes were scrapped in 1917. The much more powerful DH.10 Amiens was developed from the DH.3A.
Facts
Engine Class Top Speed (km/h) Maximum Mass (kg) EngineBeardmore 120 hp water-cooled straight-six 1 Comparison
Body StyleAircraft (no road body style) 1 Connections
Exemplifies
Source Airco DH.3 (Wikipedia)
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Source Airco DH.3 (Wikipedia)
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1. Airco DH.3 (Wikipedia)
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The DH.3 was designed in 1916 as a long-range day bomber
Specifications, powerplant
Powerplant: 2 × Beardmore 120 hp water-cooled straight-six engines, 120 hp (89 kW) each
Specifications, empty weight
Empty weight: 3,980 lb (1,805 kg)
Specifications, maximum weight
Gross weight: 5,810 lb (2,635 kg)
Specifications, maximum speed
Maximum speed: 95 mph (153 km/h, 83 kn)
Lead, body style
The Airco DH.3 was a British bomber aircraft of the First World War.
Lead, manufacturer
designed in 1916 as a long-range day bomber by Geoffrey de Havilland, chief designer at the Aircraft Manufacturing Company
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