/2-Airplanes/Allies/UK/1-Fighters/Data/RAF-BE12.htm | Update: 14-03-2020
Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12
| GENERAL DATA | |||
| Type |
General Purpose Aircraft, Fighter
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| Manufacturer(s) | Royal Aircraft
Factory, Various |
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| Prototype first flight | 28 July 1915 |
Introduction | 1 August 1916 |
| Production | 601 |
Crew | 1 |
| Variants | |||
| B.E.12 | Initial production version powered by a RAF 4a engine – basically a B.E.2c conversion (250 built by Daimler, 50 built by Standard Motors) | ||
| B.E.12a | With the wings and tail unit of the B.E.2e (50 built by Daimler, 50 built by Coventry Ordnance Works) | ||
| B.E.12b | Re-engined version powered by a 200 hp Hispano-Suiza engine (200 built by Daimler) | ||
| DIMENSIONS | |||
| Length | 8.31 m |
Empty Weight | 742 kg |
| Wingspan | 11.28 m |
Loaded Weight | ? kg |
| Height | 3.391 m |
Max takeoff weight | 1067 kg |
| Wing area | 34.5 m² |
Wing loading | ? kg/m² |
| ARMAMENT | ||||
| Guns | 1 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers
MG* |
Ammunition Carried |
? |
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| Other Armament | up to 150 kg of bombs |
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(*) forward-firing synchronized Vickers machine gun, or 2 x Lewis Gun on the top wing | some aircraft carried various arrangements of rearward firing Lewis guns.
| POWERPLANT | |||
| Engine | 1 ×
RAF 4a |
Type & Displacement | V-12 air-cooled engine, 13.2 L |
| Horsepower | 150 hp |
Power/Weight Ratio | 140.58 hp / ton * |
| Fuel Capacity | ? L
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(*) with the maximum takeoff weight
| PERFORMANCES | |||
| Maximum Speed | 164 km/h
at sea level |
Rate of Climb | ? m/s |
| Range | 3 hours |
Service Ceiling | 3800 m |
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