Felixstowe F.2 Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Seaplane Experimental Station, Felixstowe

First Flight:

February 1917

F.2a:

100 - S.E.Saunders Ltd 25 - Aircraft Manufacturing Co Ltd 48 - May, Harden & May

F.2c:

2 - Felixstowe

Type Specification

Applies to:

Felixstowe F.2a

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. Single fin and rudder

Landing Gear:

None

Power Plant:

Two 345 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 460 lb carried below the wings

Span:

95 ft 7 in

Length:

46 ft 3 in

Height:

17 ft 6 in

Wing Area:

1,133 sq ft

Empty:

7,549 lb

Loaded:

10,978 lb

Max Speed:

95 mph at 2,000 ft

Climb:

3 min 50 sec to 2,000 ft

Service Ceiling:

9,600 ft

Endurance:

6 hr

Preserved in British Museums

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