Specifications (DH.2)
Data from Warplanes of the First World War - Fighters Volume One
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 25 ft 2½ in (7.69 m)
- Wingspan: 28 ft 3 in (8.61 m)
- Height: 9 ft 6½ in (2.91 m)
- Wing area: 249 ft² (23.13 m²)
- Empty weight: 942 lb (428 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 1,441 lb (654 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Gnome Monosoupape rotary engine, 100 hp (75 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 93 mph (150 km/h) at sea level
- Range: 250 mi (400 km)
- Service ceiling: 14,000 ft (4,265 m)
- Rate of climb: 545 ft/min (166 m/min)
- Wing loading: 5.79 lb/ft² (28.3 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.069 hp/lb (110 W/kg)
- Endurance 2¾ hours
- Climb to 5,000 ft (1,500 m) 24 minutes 45 seconds
Armament
1 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun using 47-round drum magazines
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