Irish Aircraft

Started by snip, July 28, 2010, 11:25:31 PM

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Type: 1914 Fighter
Number currently in service: 100
Name: Fulmar
Stats: (OTL Sopwith Tabloid)
QuoteGeneral characteristics

    * Crew: one
    * Length: 7.02 m (23 ft)
    * Wingspan: 7.77 m (25 ft 6 in)
    * Height: 3.05 m (10 ft)
    * Wing area: 22.39 m² (241 ft²)
    * Empty weight: 545 kg (1,200 lb)
    * Max takeoff weight: 717 kg (1,580 lb)
    * Powerplant: 1× Gnôme Monosoupape 9-cylinder rotary engine, 75 kW (100 hp)

Performance

    * Maximum speed: 148 km/h (92 mph, 80 knots)
    * Range: 510 km (315 miles, 275 nm)
    * Service ceiling: 4,600 m (15,000 ft)

Armament

    *1 × forward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun
    * 2 × 20 lb (9 kg) bombs
3-way drawing

Picture
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when solider lads march by
Sneak home and pray that you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
-Siegfried Sassoon