Specifications (Typhoon Mk Ib)
Data from Mason 1991 unless otherwise stated
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 31 ft 11.5 in (9.73 m)
- Wingspan: 41 ft 7 in (12.67 m)
- Height: 15 ft 4 in (4.66 m)
- Wing area: 279 ft² (29.6 m²)
- Empty weight: 8,840 lb (4,010 kg)
- Loaded weight: 11,400 lb (5,170 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 13,250 lb (6,010 kg)
- Powerplant: 3 or 4-blade de Havilland or Rotol propeller × Napier Sabre IIA, IIB or IIC liquid-cooled H-24 piston engine, 2,180, 2,200 or 2,260 hp (1,626, 1,640 or 1,685 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 412 mph with Sabre IIB & 4-bladed propeller (663 km/h) at 19,000 ft (5,485 m)
- Stall speed: 88 mph (142 km/h) IAS with flaps up
- Range: 510 mi (821 km)
- Service ceiling: 35,200 ft (10,729 m)
- Rate of climb: 2,740 ft/min (13.59 m/s)
- Wing loading: 45.8 lb/ft² (223.5 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.20 hp/lb (0.33 kW/kg)
Armament
- Guns: 4 × 20 mm Hispano Mk II cannon
- Rockets: 8 × RP-3 unguided air-to-ground rockets.
- Bombs: 2 × 500 lb (227 kg) or 2 × 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs
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