Specifications (Spitfire Mk XIV)
General characteristics
- Crew: one pilot
- Length: 30 ft (9.14 m)
- Wingspan: 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
- Height: 10 ft (3.05 m)
- Wing area: 242.1 ft² (22.48 m²)
- Airfoil: NACA 2209.4(tip)
- Empty weight: 6,578 lb (2,984 kg)
- Loaded weight: 7,923 lb (3,593 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 8,488 lb (3,850 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Griffon 65, supercharged V12 engine, 5-bladed Jablo-Rotol propeller, 2,050 hp (1,528 kW) at 8,000 ft (2,438 m)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 448 mph, (391 kn, 717 km/h)
- Combat radius: 400 nmi (459 mi, 740 km)
- Ferry range: 950 nmi (1,090 mi, 1,815 km)
- Service ceiling: 43,500 ft (13,258 m)
- Rate of climb: 3,650 ft/min (18.5 m/s)
- Wing loading: 32.72 lb/ft² (159.8 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.24 hp/lb (0.42 kW/kg)
Armament
- Guns: ** 2 × 20 mm (0.787-in) Hispano Mk II cannon, 120 rpg.
- 4 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns, 350 rpg. Replaced by 2 x .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns 250 rpg Mk XIVE.
- Bombs: 2 × 250 lb (113 kg) bombs
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