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Royal Aircraft Factory FE.8
| GENERAL DATA | |||
| Type |
Pusher Fighter
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| Manufacturer(s) | Royal Aircraft
Factory, Darracq Motor Engineering, Vickers |
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| Prototype first flight | September 1915 |
Introduction | 2 August 1916 |
| Production | 295 |
Crew | 1 |
| DIMENSIONS | |||
| Length | 7.21 m |
Empty Weight | 406 kg |
| Wingspan | 9.6 m |
Loaded Weight | 668 kg |
| Height | 2.8 m |
Max takeoff weight | ? kg |
| Wing area | 20.25 m² |
Wing loading | ? kg/m² |
| ARMAMENT | ||||
| Guns | 1 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis
MG* |
Ammunition Carried |
? |
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| Other Armament | Light 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 ×
Le Rhône 9J |
Type & Displacement | 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary, 15
L |
| Horsepower | 110 hp |
Power/Weight Ratio | 164.67 hp / ton * |
| Fuel Capacity | ? L
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(*) with the loaded weight
| PERFORMANCES | |||
| Maximum Speed | 151 km/h |
Rate of Climb | ? m/s |
| Range | 2h30 |
Service Ceiling | 4420 m |
| Sources | |||
| Wikipédia | - | - |
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