Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI
GENERAL DATA |
Mark
XVI, F.Mk.XVI, type 361 |
Fighter, Fighter
Bomber,
Fighter Reconnaissance |
1 |
Castle Bromwich |
1054 (September 1944-August 1945) |
late 1944 |
1945 |
Variants |
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 |
2674 kg |
3400 kg |
3759 kg |
9.5 m |
9.9 m or 11.23 m |
22.48 m² |
4.25 m |
133.5 kg/m² |
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 × Packard Merlin 266 |
supercharged V12, liquid cooling,
27 L |
1580
hp |
532 hp / ton * |
554.6 L (internal)
+ 2 x 64 L drop tank (under wings)
|
(*) with loaded weight
PERFORMANCES |
645km/h |
? km/h |
? km/h |
12 649 m |
20.16 m/s |
1575 km |
(*) vitesse de décrochage, (**) 998
km for the Reconnaissance variant
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