Felixstowe F.5 Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Seaplane Experimental Station, Felixstowe

First Flight:

May 1918

F.5:

1 - Seaplane Experimental Station 23 - Short Bros 2 - Dick Kerr 17 - Phoenix 10 - Gosport Aviation

F-5-L:

137 - Naval Aircraft Factory, USA 60 - Curtiss, USA 30 - Canadian Aeroplanes Limited, Canada

Type Specification

Applies to:

Felixstowe F.5

Type:

General reconnaissance flying-boat

Wing:

Unequal span, unstaggered, three bay biplane. Wooden structure, covered with fabric. Ailerons fitted to upper planes

Hull:

Wooden hull, mounted below lower wing

Tail Unit:

Braced monoplane type mounted half way up fin. Balanced elevators. Single fin and rudder

Landing Gear:

None

Power Plant:

Two 375 hp Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII mounted between the wings in tractor configuration driving four bladed propellers

Accommodation:

Crew of four with open cockpits in nose for gunner and pilot

Armament:

One Lewis gun in bows and three amidships. Bomb load 920 lb carried below the wings

Span:

103 ft 8 in

Length:

49 ft 3 in

Height:

18 ft 9 in

Wing Area:

1,409 sq ft

Empty:

9,100 lb

Loaded:

12,682 lb

Max Speed:

88 mph at 2,000 ft

Climb:

30 min to 6,500 ft

Service Ceiling:

6,800 ft

Endurance:

7 hr

Preserved in British Museums

F.5:

Unknown - Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton - Nose section

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