Hawker Tempest - Specifications (Tempest V)

Specifications (Tempest V)

Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II

General characteristics

• Crew: One
• Length: 33 ft 8 in (10.26 m)
• Wingspan: 41 ft 0 in (12.49 m)
• Height: 16 ft 1 in (4.90 m (tail down))
• Wing area: 302 ft² (28 m²)
• Empty weight: 9,250 lb (4,195 kg)
• Loaded weight: 11,400 lb (5,176 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 13,640 lb (6,190 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Napier Sabre IIA or IIB or IIC liquid-cooled H-24 sleeve-valve engine:, 2,180 hp (1,625 kW) Sabre IIA at + 9 lb/in² boost at 7,000 ft (2,133 m), 4,000 rpm
• Propellers: Four-bladed Rotol or de Havilland propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 432 mph (695 km/h) Sabre IIA at 18,400 ft (5,608 m), Sabre IIB 435 mph at 19,000 ft (700 km/h at 5,791 m)
• Range: 740 mi (1,190 km)
  1,530 mi (2,462 km) with 90 gal (409 l) drop tanks
• Service ceiling: 36,500 ft (11,125 m)
• Rate of climb: 4,700 ft/min (23.9 m/s)
• Wing loading: 37.75 lb/ft² (184.86 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.21 hp/lb (0.31 kW/kg)

Armament

• 4 × 20 mm (.79 in) Mark II Hispano cannons, 200 rpg
• 2 × 500 lb (227 kg) or 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs
• 8 × 3 in (76.2 mm) RP-3 rockets (post-Second World War)
• Provision for 2 × 45 gal (205 l) or 2 × 90 gal (409 l) drop tanks.