RAF F.E.8 Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Royal Aircraft Factory

First Flight:

15 October 1915

F.E.8:

2 - Royal Aircraft Factory 220 - Darracq Motor Engineering Co Ltd 50 - Vickers Ltd, Weybridge

Type Specification

Applies to:

RAF F.E.8

Type:

Single seat fighting scout

Wing:

Two bay biplane with equal span, unstaggered, unswept wings of wooden structure and fabric covering. Ailerons on all four wings

Fuselage:

Fuselage mounted on lower wing of steel tubing covered with aluminium panels

Tail Unit:

Tailplane of single fin and rudder with tailplane and divided elevator mounted on booms from inner wing struts

Landing Gear:

Crossaxle type maingear. Tailskid at base of fin

Power Plant:

One 100 hp Gnome Monosoupape nine cylinder rotary engine driving a four blade pusher propeller

Accommodation:

Single seat in open cockpit in nose of fuselage

Armament:

One Lewis gun in front of cockpit

Span:

31 ft 6 in

Length:

23 ft 8 in

Height:

9 ft 2 in

Wing Area:

214 sq ft

Empty:

895 lb

Loaded:

1,346 lb

Speed:

94.5 mph at sea level

Climb:

2 min 10 sec to 2,000 ft

Ceiling:

15,000 ft

Endurance:

2.75 hr

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