Sopwith Triplane

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British military aircraft fighter aircraft single-seat aircraft triplane

The Sopwith Triplane was a British World War I single-seat fighter aircraft renowned for its exceptional climb rate and maneuverability, which influenced later triplane designs.

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Surface form Occurrences
Sopwith Triplane N500 prototype 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British military aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
single-seat aircraft ⓘ
triplane ⓘ
aircraftCategory military aircraft ⓘ
armament 1 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun ⓘ
Vickers machine gun ⓘ
construction fabric-covered ⓘ
wooden airframe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedBy Herbert Smith ⓘ
emptyWeight 499 kg ⓘ
engineType rotary engine ⓘ
era World War I ⓘ
surface form: World War I era
firstFlightDate 1916-05-28 ⓘ
firstPrototypeDesignation N500 ⓘ
N504 ⓘ
grossWeight 756 kg ⓘ
height 3.20 m ⓘ
influenced Fokker Dr.I ⓘ
introducedInYear 1916 ⓘ
length 5.73 m ⓘ
manufacturer Sopwith Aviation Company ⓘ
maximumSpeed 116 mph ⓘ
187 km/h ⓘ
notableFeature exceptional climb rate ⓘ
high maneuverability ⓘ
numberOfWings 3 ⓘ
operator Service Aéronautique ⓘ
surface form: Aéronautique Militaire

Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
powerOutput 130 hp ⓘ
primaryUser Service Aéronautique ⓘ
surface form: Aéronautique Militaire

Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
productionQuantity about 147 ⓘ
range 482 km ⓘ
rateOfClimb 7.6 m/s ⓘ
retiredInYear 1920 ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
serviceCeiling 6096 m ⓘ
typicalEngineModel Clerget 9B ⓘ
usedInConflict World War I ⓘ
wingArea 26.0 m² ⓘ
wingConfiguration triplane ⓘ
wingspan 8.07 m ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Raymond Collishaw → aircraftFlown → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sopwith Triplane N500 prototype
Royal Naval Air Service → notableAircraft → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
Sopwith Aviation Company → notableProduct → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
Thomas Sopwith → notableWork → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ