Short S.18 'Knuckleduster' (K3574), at Felixstowe, 1934
Role
General purpose flying-boat
Type of aircraft
Manufacturer
Short Brothers
Designer
(Sir) Arthur Gouge[1]
First flight
30 November 1933
Retired
1938
Status
Prototype
Primary users
Short Brothers Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment (MAEE), Felixstowe
Produced
Rochester
Number built
1
The Short R.24/31 (or Short S.18 and nicknamed the Knuckleduster) was a British twin-engined, high-wing cantilever gull winged monoplane flying-boat designed and built by Short to Air Ministry specification R.24/31 for a "General Purpose Open Sea Patrol Flying Boat". The contract also specified the use of the experimental Rolls-Royce Goshawk engine.[1] The Saunders-Roe London and the Supermarine Stranraer competed successfully for this contract.
Although it never saw military service, the Knuckleduster provided useful information on the steam-cooling of engines and the handling of monoplane flying-boats; much experimental data gathered contributed to the design of the successful Empire and Short Sunderland aircraft.[2]
^ abBarnes and James 1989, p. 280.
^Barnes and James 1989, p. 284.
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