Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIV
GENERAL DATA |
Mark
XIV, F.Mk.XIV |
Fighter, Fighter
Bomber,
Fighter Reconnaissance |
1 |
Supermarine |
957 ; Spitfire F.Mk.XIV: 527, Spitfire
RF.Mk.XIV: 430 |
early 1943 |
January 1944 |
Variants |
Rudder larger. |
Had 'C' wing. Used normal canopy. |
Had 'E' wing. Some wings were clipped for low altitude
work. Bubble canopy. |
Low level fighter and reconnaissance. Clipped wings.
Bubble canopy. Oblique F.24 camera in the rear of the fuselage. An
additional fuel tank was added to the fuselage. |
DIMENSIONS |
2994 kg |
3856 kg |
4433 kg |
9.96 m |
11.23 m |
22.48 m² |
3.86 m |
133.5 kg/m² |
ARMAMENT (C-wing) |
4 × 20 mm Hispano Mk II Gun |
4 x 120 |
- |
- |
ARMAMENT (C-wing, Alt.) |
2 × 20 mm Hispano Mk II Gun |
2 x 120 |
4 × 7.7 mm (.303 in) Browning Mk II MG |
4 x 350 |
ARMAMENT (E-wing) |
2 × 20 mm Hispano Mk II Gun |
2 x 120 |
2 × 12.7 mm (.50 in) M2 Browning MG |
2 x 250 |
OTHER ARMAMENT |
454 kg |
Up to 8 x 76.2mm rockets
with 11 or 27kg warheads |
POWERPLANT |
1 × Rolls-Royce Merlin 65 |
supercharged V12, liquid cooling,
27 L |
2050
hp at 3000 rpm |
532 hp / ton * |
554.6 L (internal)
+ 2 x 64 L drop tank (under wings)
|
(*) with loaded weight
PERFORMANCES |
721 km/h (at 7925 m) |
394 km/h |
? km/h |
13563 m |
23.26 m/s |
740** km, 1368 km (ferry range) |
(*) vitesse de décrochage, (**) 998
km for the Reconnaissance variant
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