Hawker Typhoon - Specifications (Typhoon Mk Ib)

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