The Martinsyde F.2 was both designed and built in parallel to the F.1 and it was tested two months before the F.1, in May 1917. It was powered by a 200hp Hispano-Suiza 8Bd eight-cylinder water-cooled engine and was armed with one fixed 0.303in synchronised Vickers machine gun plus a Lewis gun mounted on a scarff ring for the observer as it was a two-seater.
When it was officialy tested, many shortcomings were revealed which ruled out any official production order. After that any further development was cancelled and it served as a testbed for the Sunbeam Arab engine.
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| The only known pic of the Martinsyde F.2 |
Sources:
1. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters
2. http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft30048.htm
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