Fairey Fulmar Mk.II
| GENERAL DATA | |||
| Other Designation(s) | - |
||
| Type | Carrier-borne
Fighter, Reconnaissance |
Crew | 2 (pilot, observer-navigator) |
| Manufacturer(s) | Fairey Aviation
Company, Ltd. |
||
| Production | 600 (1940–1943), 250 MK.I
and 350 Mk.II (100 converted in Nf.Mk.II) |
||
| First Flight | 4 January 1940 (Mk.I) |
Introduction | 1940 |
| Variants | |||
| Fulmar Mk.I | First production variant powered by a 1035 hp (1275 hp at take off) Rolls-Royce Merlin VIII; 8 × .303 Browning Mk.II (750 rounds per gun), 250 built. | ||
| Fulmar Mk.II | Updated variant powered by a 1300 hp Merlin XXX with a new propeller and the addition of tropical equipment; 8 × .303 Browning Mk.II (1000 rounds per gun) or 4 × .50 Browning AN/M2 – part of the last batch (170 rounds per gun, in other sources specified 370 rounds per gun), some finished as night fighters, one prototype converted from a Mk.I and 350 built | ||
| Fulmar NF.Mk.II | Mk.II night fighter with an Air Interception AI Mk. IV radar (1 aircraft) or AI Mk.X radar (other); 4 × .50 Browning AN/M2 – about 50 aircraft (other 8 × .303 Browning Mk.II), total were converted from the Mk.II nearly 100 aircraft. | ||
| DIMENSIONS | |||
| Length | 12.24 m |
Empty Weight | 3182 kg |
| Wingspan | 14.1288 m |
Loaded Weight | 4387 kg |
| Height | 4.27 m |
Max takeoff weight | 4627 kg |
| Wing area | 31.8 m² |
Wing loading | 137-140 kg/m² |
| ARMAMENT | |||
| Main Guns | 8 x .303in (7.7 mm) Vickers MG* |
Ammunition Carried | 8 x 1000 |
| Secondary Guns | 1 x .303in (7.7 mm) Vickers MG** |
Ammunition Carried | ? |
| Other Armament | 2 x 45 kg or 110 kg bomb |
||
(*) wing mounted, or 4 x 0.50in (12.7 mm) Browning MG (170 rounds each), (**) in defense (occasionally)
| POWERPLANT | |||
| Engine | 1 × Rolls-Royce Merlin 30 |
Type & Displacement | V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine,
27 L |
| Horsepower (maximum) | 1300
hp |
Power/Weight Ratio | 296.33 hp / ton * |
| Fuel Capacity | 704 L
|
||
(*) with maximum loaded weight
| PERFORMANCES | |||
| Maximum Speed | 438 km/h |
Cruise Speed | 378 km/h |
| Stall Speed * | ? km/h |
Service Ceiling | 8300 m |
| Rate of Climb | 6.1 m/s |
Range | 1260 km |
(*) vitesse de décrochage
| Sources | |||
| Wikipadia | avionslegendaires.net | ||
Drawings |
