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Type: Carrier based reconaissance fighter Origin: Fairey Crew: Two Model: Mark I - IV First Flight: December 22, 1941 Final Delivery: Mark IV: 1947 Production: Mark I: 500 Mark II: 200 Mark III: 100 POWERPLANT: F.R. Mark I: Model: Rolls-Royce Griffon IIB Type: 12-Cylinder vee liquid cooled engine Number: One Horsepower: 1,730 hp F.R. Mark IV: Model: Rolls-Royce Griffon 74 Type: 12-Cylinder vee liquid cooled engine Number: One Horsepower: 2,245 hp DIMENSIONS: Wing span: Mark I: 44 ft. 6 in. Mark IV: 41 ft. 2 in. Length: Mark I: 37 ft. 7.25 in. Mark IV: 37 ft. 11 in. Height: Mark I: 13 ft. 7 in. Mark IV: 14 ft. 4 in. Wing Surface Area: Mark I: 328 sq. ft. Mark IV: 330 sq. ft. |
WEIGHTS: Empty: Mark I: 9,750 lb. Mark IV: 9,674 lb. Loaded: Mark I: 14,020 lb. Mark IV: 14,200 lb. PERFORMANCE: Maximum Speed: Mark I: 316 mph at 14,000 ft. Mark IV: 386 mph at 14,000 ft. Climb to 10,000 ft.: Mark I: 5 minutes 45 seconds Mark IV: 7 minutes 9 seconds Service Ceiling: Mark I: 28,000 ft. Mark I: 28,800 ft. Range (With Drop Tanks): Mark I: 1,070 miles Mark I: 1,300 miles ARMAMENT: Four 20mm Hispano Cannon Ammunition: N/A Bomb Load: Mark I: Eight 60 lb. rockets or Two 1,000 lb bombs Mark IV: Sixteen 60 lb. rockets or Two 1,000 lb bombs |
Gunston, Bill - The Encyclodepia of the Worlds Combat aircraft, 1976, Chartwell Books, Inc., New York
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