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Reid and Sigrist R.S.3
Trainer · Interwar (1919–1938)
The Reid and Sigrist R.S.3 Desford is a British twin-engined, propeller-driven, three-seat advanced trainer aircraft developed in the Second World War for postwar use. Although the R.S.3 was evaluated as a trainer, the type never entered production and was eventually rebuilt as the R.S.4 Bobsleigh as an experimental aircraft with the pilot in a prone position, seen as advantageous in minimising g-force effects in fighter aircraft.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Trainer
- Domain
- Civil
- Era
- Interwar (1919–1938)
- Engine
- 2× 4-cyl. inverted in-line air-cooled piston engines
- Thrust / Power
- 160 hp each
- Length (ft)
- 25
- Wingspan (ft)
- 34
- MTOW (lb)
- 3550
- Endurance (hr)
- 4½ hours
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 24000
- Range (mi)
- 523
- Max Speed (mph)
- 181