Robey-Peters Gun-Carrier

The Robey-Peters Gun-Carrier was a British three-seater armed tractor biplane designed and built by Robey & Company Limited at Bracebridge Heath Lincoln for the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). The gun-carrier was a single-engined three-bay biplane powered by a 250 hp (186 kW) Rolls-Royce engine. The Gun-Carrier had a gondola on each of the upper wings to carry a Davis gun and a gunner while the pilot sat alone in a cockpit in the rear fuselage just forward of the aircraft's tail.

The Robey-Peters Gun-Carrier was a British three-seater armed tractor biplane designed and built by Robey & Company Limited at Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln for the Royal Naval Air Service 1

Made by Robey & Company Limited.

Robey-Peters Gun-carrier, designed to have an American Davis recoilless gun in the nacelle on the starboard wing, and a Lewis gun in the port nacelle.2
Eng 1 Type
Rolls-Royce Eagle piston engine
Lists
*List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service
Eng 1 Kw
186
Number Built
1
Crew
3
Armament
provision for 2× 2-pdr Davis guns
Span M
17
Perfhide
Y
Primary user
Royal Naval Air Service
Manufacturer
Robey & Company Limited
First Flight
May 1917
Span In
6
Span Ft
56
National Origin
United Kingdom
Met Or Eng
eng
Length Ft
29
Similar Aircraft
*Armstrong Whitworth F.K.6*Sopwith L.R.T.Tr.*Vickers F.B.11
Eng 1 Hp
250
Eng 1 Number
1
Length In
6
Length M
9
Category
British fighter aircraft 1910-1919

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