Short Sturgeon

The Short Sturgeon was a British aircraft] originally designed in the Second World War as a high-performance torpedo bomber. With the end of the war in the Pacific it was no longer needed as such. Through shifting priorities postwar the Sturgeon was redesigned first into a target tug and then later as a prototype anti-submarine aircraft. The many modifications that resulted turned the promising design into a hapless and grotesque-looking hybrid.

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The Short Sturgeon, it is fair to argue, achieved distinction in none of these fields.4

Made by Short Brothers.

tug, the Short Sturgeon and the Balliol Seatrainer, which never got into service. Early helicopters from Bristols and Sikorsky looked liked airborne greenhouses.5
The Short Sturgeon used 2 Merlin 140s with contra-rotating propellers. The Bristol Brabazon prototype airliner used eight Bristol Centaurus engines...6
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Height Main
13
Height Alt
40.39 m
Length Alt
13.70 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
21700.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
Lists
*List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm*List of carrier-based aircraft
Loaded Weight Main
18126.0
Max Speed Alt
21960.0
Type Of Prop
liquid-cooled V12 engines
Max Speed Main
318
Airfoil
150.0
Cruise Speed Main
312 mph
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
9840.0
Ceiling Main
35200.0
Number Built
28
Crew
2
Max Speed More
at 24
200 ft
Span Main
1826.26
Cruise Speed Alt
502.0
Area Main
518.4
Cruise Speed More
at 15
000 ft
Primary user
Fleet Air Arm
Span Alt
18.26 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Number Of Propellers Per Engine
2
Power Alt
1550.0
Engine(prop)
Rolls-Royce Merlin 140
Propeller Or Rotor
propellers
Manufacturer
Short Brothers
First Flight
7
Loaded Weight Alt
8222.0
Power Main
2
080 hp
Propellers
three-bladed contra-rotating Rotol
Number Of Props
2
Empty Weight Alt
7696.0
Length Main
44.0
Area Alt
48.16 m²
Similar Aircraft
*Bristol Beaufighter*Grumman XTSF*Grumman AF Guardian*de Havilland Hornet
Empty Weight Main
16967.0
Ceiling Alt
10
700 m
Category
British anti-submarine aircraft 1940-1949
Carrier-based aircraft
Short Brothers aircraft
Torpedo bombers

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