RAF F.E.6 Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Royal Aircraft Factory

First Flight:

November 1914

F.E.6:

1 - Royal Aircraft Factory

Type Specification

Applies to:

RAF F.E.6

Type:

Two seat fighting scout

Wing:

Two bay biplane with equal span, unstaggered, unswept wings of wooden structure and fabric covering

Fuselage:

Fuselage mounted on lower wing

Tail Unit:

Tailplane of single fin and rudder with tailplane and divided elevator mounted on tailboom from propeller boss

Landing Gear:

Crossaxle type maingear with small nosewheel. Tailskid at base of fin

Power Plant:

One 120 hp Austro-Daimler eight-cylinder engine driving a four blade pusher propeller

Accommodation:

Two seats in tandem open cockpits in nose of fuselage

Armament:

One COW gun in nose of fuselage

Span:

49 ft 4 in

Length:

29 ft 6 in

Height:

15 ft 0 in

Wing Area:

542 sq ft

Empty:

2,000 lb

Loaded:

2,630 lb

Speed:

Unknown

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