Fairey IIIF Specifications
Item Specification
Type
Accomodation Two or three-seat general purposes or reconnaissance floatplane. Pilots seat under cut-out in trailing edge of top wing, with cockpit for either one or two immediately behind. In three seater wireless operator is between pilot and gunner
Power Plant One 570 hp Napier Lion XI water cooled engine
Armament One fixed Vickers gun firing forward and one Lewis gun over back cockpit. 660 lb bomb load carried under wings. Prone bombing position in fuselage
Wing Span 45 ft 9 in
Height 14 ft 2 in
Length 36 ft 9 in
Weight Empty 3,380 lb
All Up Weight 6,041 lb
Max Speed 120 mph at 10,000 ft
Climb 15 min 48 sec to 10,000 ft
Max Ceiling 20,000 ft
Range 1,520 miles
Description Equal span, two bay, unstaggered, folding biplane. Top centre section carried above fuselage on steel tube struts, with two sets of parallel interplane struts on either side of the fuselage. Wings have metal structure covered with fabric. Rectangular section fuselage structure, faired to an oval section and covered forward with detachable aluminium panels and aft with fabric. Centre structure, to which are attached the engine mounting, wings, undercarriage and rear portion of fuselage, is of steel tube construction. Rear portion may be either metal or wood

SourceThe British Aircraft Directory

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