Avro 571 Buffalo I and 572 Buffalo II
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Contents
Type Description
- Type 571 Buffalo
- Two seat deck landing, torpedo carrying and bombing landplane, a private venture to meet the requirements of Specification 21/23. A single bay, swept wing, folding biplane, it used much of the wing structure of the Type 555A Bison II. Wing spars were of spruce, with spruce and duralumin ribs, tubular steel drag struts and steel tie rod internal bracing. Ailerons were fitted to the lower mainplanes only, and only the lower mainplanes had dihedral. The fin and rudder was initially from the Bison II, though this was soon replaced by a rectangular unit, and the tailplane was adjustable for incidence. The fuselage was of tubular steel construction, with duralumin decking and fabric sides. Armament consisted of one Vickers gun on the fuselage side, firing through the propeller, and twin Lewis guns mounted on a Scarff ring in the rear cockpit. One 450 h.p. Napier Lion VA powerplant.
- Type 572 Buffalo II
- As Type 571 with new, all-metal wings, fitted with controllable Handley Page slats, along with Frise ailerons and dihedral on all wings. One 530 h.p. Napier Lion XIA powerplant.
| Type 572 Buffalo II (landplane) Specification | |||||||||
| Span | Length | Height | Wing Area | Empty Wt | Max AUW | Cruise Speed | Maximum Speed | Range | Service Ceiling |
| 46 ft | 37 ft 3 in | 14 ft | 684 sq ft | 4233 lb | 7430 lb | 105 mph/ 91 kn | 135 mph/ 117 kn | 650 mi | 13700 ft |
| 14.02 m | 11.35 m | 4.27 m | 63.55 m2 | 1920 kg | 3370 kg | 169 km/h | 217 km/h | 1046 km | 4176 m |
Projected Variants
- Type 597
- Purely bomber version of Type 572.
Production Details
| C/n | Initial Registration |
Notes |
| 1 aircraft built as the Type 571 Buffalo by A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Hamble, Hants. First flew in 1926. | ||
| R3/BTC/30021 | G-EBNW | Converted to Type 572 Buffalo II in 1927. Fitted with floats at Hamble in 1928 and went to the M.A.E.E. Felixstowe under Contract 818102/28 as N239. |
| Total Production (Buffalo I) 1 | ||
| Total Conversions (Buffalo II) (1) | ||
Production Summary
All Aircraft By Type
| Type | Built New | Conv | Canc'd | Total |
| Type 571 Buffalo | 1 | 1 | ||
| Type 572 Buffalo II | (1) | 1 | ||
| 1 | (1) | 0 |
Production References
- Avro Aircraft Since 1908, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1990)
- Avro An Aircraft Album, E.A. Harlin and G.A. Jenks (Ian Allen, 1973)
- Fleet Air Arm Aircraft, Units and Ships, 1920 to 1939, Ray Sturtivant with Dick Cronin (Air Britain Publications, 1998)
Page Revision History
Revised at Version 2.0.0- Improved Type Description and Added Specification details.