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The Naval Aircraft Factory TG were a series of prototype seaplanes for gunnery training designed and built by the
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Development

The TG was an equal-span biplane with tandem open cockpits. It had a large central float with a smaller stabilizing float underneath each wingtip. Five were built for evaluation designated TG-1, TG-2, TG-3, TG-4 and TG-5 and were generally similar. The TG-1, TG-3 and TG-4 had internal fuselage fuel tanks and the TG-2 and TG-5 had fuel tanks inside the central float.


Variants

;TG-1 :Powered by a 200hp (149kW) Liberty engine, one built. ;TG-2 :Powered by a 200hp (149kW) Liberty engine, one built. ;TG-3 :Powered by a 200hp (149kW) Aeromarine T-6 engine, one built. ;TG-4 :Powered by a 200hp (149kW) Aeromarine T-6 engine, one built. ;TG-5 :Powered by a 180hp (134kW) Wright-Hispano E-4 engine, one built.


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Specifications (TG-2)


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