Not very good, it wasn't called the Elephant for nothing
God knows how John Gilmour got 3 kills in one
Ended up being used for photo-recon and ground attack.
"Lt. Stuart Campbell who joined 27 Squadron in 1917 described the Martinsyde as "a delightful machine for leisurely pleasure but totally unsuitable for daylight bombing or indeed any kind of war mission". He described it as very slow and sluggish on the controls when loaded with bombs. On bombing missions the aircraft could take two hours to reach the typical operational height of 15,000 ft. Campbell commented that the only defence when attacked was to go into a dive and zig-zag for home."
source:
http://www.apw.airwar1.org.uk/g100.htm
I'd look at the K manoeuvre deck (yep, the bomber one), it's about the right speed band (83mph for the .100 model, about 95 for the .102 with the 160hp engine). Altitude would be 9 (for the .100, add a level or two for the .102), climb rate is perhaps 5 (if I'm being charitable), maybe go with 13 hits (fairly big, so on the high end for fighters of it's generation). Guns are B/B, both Lewis guns (pilot obviously can't shoot both at once and the rear gun will need a restricted arc, maybe remove the rear right part). Carries up to 260lb bombs.
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