Gloster F.9/37 Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Gloster Aircraft Company, Hucclecote

First Flight:

3 April 1939

F.9/37:

2 - Gloster Aircraft Company

Type Specification

Applies to:

Gloster F.9/37

Type:

Single-seat day and night fighter

Wing:

Low wing cantilever monoplane with unswept, tapered wings of all metal structure

Fuselage:

All metal fuselage

Tail Unit:

Tailplane mounted on top of fuselage with fins and rudders at each tip

Landing Gear:

Retractable main gear retract rearwards into engine nacelles. Tail wheel retracts into fuselage

Power Plant:

Two 1,050 hp Bristol Taurus T-S(a) fourteen-cylinder twin-row air-cooled radials driving three-blade propellers mounted on the wing

Accommodation:

Single seat for pilot in enclosed cockpit in the nose

Armament:

Two 20 mm Hispano cannon mounted in the nose

Span:

50 ft

Length:

37 ft

Height:

11 ft 7 in

Wing Area:

386 sq ft

Empty:

8,828 lb

Loaded:

11,615 lb

Max Speed:

360 mph at 15,000 ft

Climb:

19.6 min to 28,000 ft

Service Ceiling:

30,000 ft

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