Airco D.H.4 Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Airco, Hendon

First Flight:

August 1916

D.H.4:

915 - Airco 100 - F.W. Berwick and Co 101 - Glendower Aircraft Co 146 - Palladium Autocars 100 - Vulcan Motor and Engineering 150 - Westland Aircraft Works 15 - SABCA, Belgium 350 - Boeing Airplane Corporation, USA 3106 - Dayton-Wright Aeroplane Co, USA 1600 - The Fisher Body Corporation, USA 140 - Standard Aircraft Corporation, USA

Type Specification

Applies to:

Airco D.H.4

Type:

Two seat day bomber

Wing:

Two bay biplane with equal span, staggered, unswept wings. Wooden structure with fabric covering. Ailerons on all four wings

Fuselage:

Fuselage mounted on lower wing with flat sided cross section and faired top surface. Wooden structure

Tail Unit:

Wire braced tailplane at top of fuselage with single fin and rudder

Landing Gear:

Cross axle type main gear attached by V struts to fuselage lower longeron. Tail skid

Power Plant:

One 230 hp Siddeley Puma engine in the nose driving a two bladed propeller

Accommodation:

Tandem open cockpits for crew aft of wing. Pilot in forward cockpit with gunner behind

Armament:

One forward firing Vickers with Lewis for gunner. 460 lb bomb load

Span:

42 ft 5 in

Length:

30 ft 8 in

Height:

10 ft 1 in

Wing Area:

434 sq ft

Tare:

2,230 lb

All-up:

3,344 lb

Max Speed:

106 mph

Initial Climb:

1,000 ft/min

Ceiling:

17,400 ft

Endurance:

4.5 hours

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