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Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4 - airplanes
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The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4 was a single-engined single seat biplane designed and built at the Royal Aircraft Factory just prior to the start of the First World War. Intended to be as fast as possible it recorded a speed of 135 mph (217 km-h) which made it the fastest aircraft in the world in 1914 but no production followed and it was soon written off in a crash.
The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4 was a single-engined, single seat
biplane designed and built at the Royal Aircraft Factory just prior to
the start of the First World War.1
The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4a was an experimental British
single-engined scout aircraft of the First World War. Four S.E.2
designation to Folland's earlier Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4 of 1914,
which had been designed to be the fastest aircraft in the world, the
S.E.3
Made by Royal Aircraft Establishment.
Height Main
274.32
Height Alt
2.74 m
Designer
Henry Folland
Length Alt
6.50 m
Jet Or Prop
prop
Max Speed Alt
117
Type Of Prop
two-row 14-cylinder rotary engine
Endurance
3600.0
Max Speed Main
135 mph
Number Built
1
Crew
1
Retired
1914
Armament
*None
Area Main
188.0
Primary user
Span Alt
8.38 m
Plane Or Copter?
Power Alt
119.0
Engine(prop)
Gnome et Rhône
Propeller Or Rotor
propeller
Manufacturer
First Flight
June 1914
Origin
United Kingdom
National Origin
United Kingdom
Climb Rate Main
1600.0
Power Main
160 hp
Propellers
4
Number Of Props
1
Climb Rate Alt
8.1 m-s
Length Main
650.24
Span Main
838.2
Area Alt
17.5 m²
Related
*Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2*Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4a
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