Specifications (Sea Vixen FAW.2)
Data from The Great Book of Fighters
General characteristics
- Crew: Two, pilot and Observer
- Length: 55 ft 7 in (16.94 m)
- Wingspan: 51 ft 0 in (15.54 m)
- Height: 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
- Wing area: 648 ft² (60.2 m²)
- Empty weight: 27,950 lb (12,680 kg)
- Loaded weight: 41,575 lb (18,860 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 46,750 lb (21,205 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Avon Mk.208 turbojets, 50 kN (11,000 lbf) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 0.91 (690 mph, 1,110 km/h) at sea level
- Range: 790 mi (1,270 km) with internal fuel
- Service ceiling: 48,000 ft (15,000 m)
- Rate of climb: 9,000 ft/min (46 m/s)
- Wing loading: 64.2 lb/ft² (313 kg/m²)
- Thrust/weight: 0.54
Armament
- Hardpoints: 6 and provisions to carry combinations of:
- Rockets: 4 × Matra rocket pods with 18 × SNEB 68 mm rockets each
- Missiles: 4 × Red Top or Firestreak air-to-air missiles
- Bombs: 1 × Red Beard freefall nuclear bomb
Avionics
GEC AI.18 Air Interception radar
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