RAF F.E.3 Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Royal Aircraft Factory

First Flight:

1913

F.E.3:

1 - Royal Aircraft Factory

Type Specification

Applies to:

RAF F.E.3

Type:

Two seat fighting scout

Wing:

Two bay biplane with unequal span, staggered, unswept wings of wooden structure and fabric covering

Fuselage:

Forward fuselage of steel tube covered with aluminium sheet. Remainder clad in plywood. Fuselage mounted on lower wing

Tail Unit:

Tailplane of single fin and rudder with tailplane and divided elevator mounted on tailboom from propeller boss braced by wires from wings and undercarriage

Landing Gear:

Crossaxle type maingear supported on two skids. Tailskid

Power Plant:

One 100 hp Chenu eight-cylinder engine driving a four blade pusher propeller

Accommodation:

Two seats in tandem in open cockpit in rear of fuselage

Armament:

One COW gun in nose of fuselage

Span:

40 ft 0 in

Length:

29 ft 3 in

Height:

11 ft 3 in

Wing Area:

436 sq ft

Empty:

1,400 lb

Loaded:

2,080 lb

Max Speed:

75 mph at sea level

Ceiling:

5,000 ft

Climb:

350 ft/min to 1,000 ft

Preserved in British Museums

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