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The Blackburn R.B.2 Sydney (serial N241) was a long-range maritime patrol flying boat developed for the Royal Air Force in 1930, in response to Air Ministry Specification R.5/27. It was a parasol-winged braced monoplane of typical flying boat arrangement with triple tailfins and its three engines arranged on the wing's leading edge. After evaluation, it was not ordered into production and no further examples were built.

Sydney
Role	Patrol flying boat Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Blackburn
Designer	John Douglas Rennie[1]
First flight	18 July 1930
Status	Prototype
Number built	1

With development of the Sydney abandoned, construction of a cargo-carrying variant powered by radial engines, the C.B.2 Nile was also ended.

Specifications (Sydney)

Data from British Flying Boats,[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 5
• Length: 65 ft 7 in (19.99 m)
• Wingspan: 100 ft (30 m)
• Height: 20 ft 4 in (6.20 m)
• Wing area: 1,500 sq ft (140 m²)
• Empty weight: 17,065 lb (7,741 kg)
• Gross weight: 23,350 lb (10,591 kg)
• Powerplant: 3 × Rolls-Royce F.XII MS V-12 liquid-cooled piston engines, 525 hp (391 kW) each
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propellers

Performance

• Maximum speed: 123 mph (198 km/h, 107 kn)
• Cruise speed: 100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn)
• Endurance: 7 hours 30 minutes
• Service ceiling: 16,300 ft (5,000 m)
• Rate of climb: 390 ft/min (2.0 m/s)

Armament

• Guns: 3 × trainable .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun in open bow, dorsal and ventral positions
• Bombs: 1,102 lb (500 kg) of bombs or 2 × torpedoes

See also

Related development

• Blackburn Iris[3]
• Felixstowe Fury

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Consolidated P2Y
• Consolidated PBY Catalina
• Dornier Do 24
• Dornier Do R
• Kawanishi H6K
• Latécoère 300
• Lioré et Olivier LeO H-47
• Potez-CAMS 141
• Saro A.33

Related lists

• List of flying boats and floatplanes

References

Notes

Bibliography

• London, Peter (2003). British Flying Boats. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-2695-3.
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 158.
• Blackburn Sydney – British Aircraft Directory

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blackburn Sydney.

• The Blackburn "Sydney" Flying Boat in Flight, 5 September 1930
• Blackburn flying boats 1924–1940
• Picture of the Sydney N241
• "Blackburn R.B. 2 Sydney", Youtube.com first flight
• "Huge All-Metal Flying Boat Weighs Ten Tons", March 1931, Popular Mechanics

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[fr] Blackburn R.B.2 Sydney

Le Blackburn R.B.2 Sydney était un hydravion britannique de patrouille maritime à long rayon d'action du début des années 1930[2].

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[it] Blackburn Sydney

Il Blackburn R.B.2 Sydney fu un idrovolante da ricognizione marittima a scafo centrale, trimotore e monoplano ad ala alta, sviluppato dall'azienda aeronautica britannica Blackburn Aircraft Ltd. negli anni trenta e rimasto allo stadio di prototipo.

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