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BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER Mk IC
1939
 
HEAVY FIGHTER/STRIKE AIRCRAFT
  
     
 
 
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BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER Mk IC
(Data below is of Beaufighter TF.Mk X) 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 HEAVY FIGHTER/STRIKE AIRCRAFT
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED KINGDOM
MANUFACTURER :
 Bristol Aeroplane Company
FIRST FLIGHT :
 July 17th, 1939
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 July 27th, 1940
NUMBER BUILT :
 910
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 57 ft 10 in (17.65 m)
LENGTH :
 41 ft 4 in (12.6 m)
HEIGHT :
 15 ft 10 in (4.84 m)
WING AREA :
 503 sq ft (46,73 m sq)
WING LOADING :
 ---
POWER LOADING :
 ---
ASPECT RATIO :
 ---
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 15,592 lb (7,072 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
 ---
WEIGHT MAX :
 25,400 lb (11,521 kg)
ARMAMENT :
 4 x 20 mm Hispano Mk III cannon in nose
OPTIONAL :
 4 x .303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns (outer starboard wing)
 
 2 x .303 in (7.7 mm) machine gun (outer port wing)
 
 1 x manually operated Vickers GO or .303 in (7.7 mm) Browning for
 
 observer
PAYLOAD :
 2 x 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs, or 8 x RP-3 "60 lb" (27 kg) rockets
POWER PLANT :
 2 x Bristol Hercules 14-cylinder Radial Engines, Rated at 1,600 hp
 
 (1,200 kW) each
CREW :
 2 - Pilot & Observer
 
 
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 320 mph (280 kn, 515 km/h) at 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
CRUISING SPEED :
 --
LANDING SPEED :
 --
CLIMB RATE :
 1,600 ft/min (8.2 m/s) No Payload
RANGE :
 1,750 mi (1,520 nmi, 2,816 km)
SERVICE CEILING :
 19,000 ft (5,795 m) No Payload
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

March, Daniel; British Warplanes of World War II. New York:Barnes & Noble Books. 1998. ISBN 0-7607-2275-7.

  
 
     
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