Supermarine Spitfire - Specifications (Spitfire Mk XIV)

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