Felixstowe F.3 Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Seaplane Experimental Station, Felixstowe

First Flight:

February 1917

F.3:

37 - Short Bros 68 - Dick, Kerr & Co 54 - Phoenix Dynamo Co Ltd 23 - Malta Dockyard

Type Specification

Applies to:

Felixstowe F.3

Type:

Anti-submarine patrol 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 920 lb carried below the wings

Span:

102 ft

Length:

49 ft 2 in

Height:

18 ft 8 in

Wing Area:

1,432 sq ft

Empty:

7,958 lb

Loaded:

12,235 lb

Max Speed:

91 mph at 2,000 ft

Climb:

5.25 min to 2,000 ft

Service Ceiling:

8,000 ft

Endurance:

6 hr

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