Specifications (F.1 Camel)
Data from Quest for Performance
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 18 ft 9 in (5.71 m)
- Wingspan: 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)
- Height: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
- Wing area: 231 ft² (21.46 m²)
- Empty weight: 930 lb (420 kg)
- Loaded weight: 1,455 lb (660 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Clerget 9B 9-cylinder Rotary engine, 130 hp (97 kW)
- Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0378
- Drag area: 8.73 ft² (0.81 m²)
- Aspect ratio: 4.11
Performance
- Maximum speed: 115 mph (185 km/h)
- Stall speed: 48 mph (77 km/h)
- Range: 300 mi ferry (485 km)
- Service ceiling: 21,000 ft (6,400 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,085 ft/min (5.5 m/s)
- Wing loading: 6.3 lb/ft² (30.8 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.09 hp/lb (150 W/kg)
- Lift-to-drag ratio: 7.7
Armament
- Guns: 2× 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine guns
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