SPAD S.XIII - Specifications (SPAD S.XIII)

Specifications (SPAD S.XIII)

Data from Fighter: The World's Finest Combat Aircraft - 1913 to the Present Day

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
  • Height: 2.60 m (8 ft 6.5 in)
  • Wing area: 21.1 m² (227 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 566 kg (1,245 lb)
  • Loaded weight: 856 kg (1,888 lb)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 845 kg (1,863 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8Be 8-cylinder vee-type, 220 hp (164 kw)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 218 km/h (117 knots, 135 mph) at 2,000 m (6,560 ft)
  • Service ceiling: 6,650 m (21,815 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 2 m/s (384 ft/min)
  • Wing loading: 40.56 kg/m²

Armament

  • Guns: 2 x .303-cal. (7.7 mm) Vickers machine guns

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