Corgi – S.E.5a Royal Aircraft Factory , ‚C1149‘ „Schweinhund“ Duncan Grinnell-Milne No.56 Sqn, RFC , November 1918
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Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 byl britský jednomístný dvouplošný stíhací letoun používaný v první světové válce, vyráběný firmou Royal Aircraft Factory. Vyráběl se v základní verzi S.E.5 (S.E.5s) a později jako vylepšená verze s výkonnějším motorem S.E.5a.
The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 was a British biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. It was developed at the Royal Aircraft Factory by a team consisting of Henry Folland, John Kenworthy and Major Frank Goodden. It was one of the fastest aircraft of the war, while being both stable and relatively manoeuvrable. According to aviation author Robert Jackson, the S.E.5 was: „the nimble fighter that has since been described as the ‚Spitfire of World War One'“.
Role | Single-seat fighter |
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Manufacturer | various (see text) |
Designer | Henry Folland / John Kenworthy |
First flight | 22 November 1916 |
Introduction | March 1917 |
Primary users | Royal Flying Corps United States Army Air Service Royal Australian Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force |
Number built | 5,205 |
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 20 ft 11 in (6.38 m)
- Upper wingspan: 26 ft 7 in (8.10 m)
- Upper Chord: 60 in (1.52 m)
- Lower wingspan: 26 ft 7 in (8.10 m)
- Lower Chord: 60 in (1.52 m)
- Height: 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
- Wing area: 244 sq ft (22.7 m2)
- Airfoil: RAF15
- Empty weight: 1,410 lb (640 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,935 lb (878 kg)
- Undercarriage track: 60 in (1.5 m)
- Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8 or Wolseley Viper water cooled V8 engine, 150 hp (110 kW)
- Propellers: 2 or 4-bladed fixed pitch wooden propeller, 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) diameter
Performance
- Maximum speed: 138 mph (222 km/h, 120 kn)
- Range: 300 mi (480 km, 260 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 17,000 ft (5,200 m)
- Wing loading: 7.93 lb/sq ft (38.7 kg/m2)
Armament
- Guns:
- 1 x .303 in (7.7 mm) forward-firing Vickers machine gun with Constantinesco interrupter gear
- 1 x .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun on Foster mounting on upper wing
- Bombs:
- 4x 25 lb (11 kg) Cooper bombs, two under each lower wing, to be dropped in 2, 3, 4, 1 order.