Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8

The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 was a British single-seat fighter of the First World War designed at the Royal Aircraft Factory. Although a clean and well designed little aeroplane for a pusher it could not escape the drag penalty imposed by its tail structure and was no match for the Halberstadt and Albatros fighters of late 1916.

Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 Early WW1 single seat pusher prop fighter.1
The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 was a British single-seat fighter of the First World War designed at the Royal Aircraft Factory. Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.1 The S.E.2

Made by Royal Aircraft EstablishmentRoyal Aircraft FactoryDarracq MotorsVickers.

the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8, and it was these aircraft which the Squadron took on their deployment to France on 15 October 1916.3
The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 was powered by the 100 hp Gnome Monosoupape engine placed at the rear of the nacelle. www.constable.ca /fe.4
Height Main
279.4
Height Alt
2.8 m
Length Alt
7.21 m
Jet Or Prop
prop
Lists
*List of aircraft of the RAF
Loaded Weight Main
1470.0
Max Speed Alt
151
Type Of Prop
nine-cylinder air-cooled rotary engine
Introduced
2
Max Speed Main
93.6 mph
Power Main
110 hp
Bombs
Light bombs
Ceiling Main
14500.0
Number Built
295
Crew
One
Span Main
960.12
Area Main
218.0
Primary user
Royal Flying Corps
Span Alt
9.6 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
82.0
Engine(prop)
Le Rhône
Manufacturer
Royal Aircraft Establishment
Royal Aircraft Factory
Darracq Motors
Vickers
First Flight
September 1915
Loaded Weight Alt
668.0
More Performance
9500.0
Number Of Props
1
Guns
One 0.303 in Lewis gun
Empty Weight Alt
406.0
Length Main
721.36
Area Alt
20.25 m²
Similar Aircraft
*Airco D.H.2
Empty Weight Main
960.0
Ceiling Alt
4
420 m
Category
British fighter aircraft 1910-1919
Military aircraft of World War I
Pusher aircraft
Royal Aircraft Factory aircraft

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