World War 1 Aircraft - Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 Model B

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Crew: Two (pilot & observer)
Length: 32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
Wingspan: 47 ft 9 in (14.55 m)
Height: 12 ft 8 in (3.85 m)
Wing area: 494 ft² (45.9 m²)
Empty weight: 2,061 lb (937 kg)
Loaded weight: 3,037 lb (1,380 kg)
Powerplant: 1× Beardmore 6-cylinder inline piston engine, 160 hp (119 kW)

PERFORMANCE

Maximum speed: 80 knots (91.5 mph, 147 km/h)
Service ceiling: 11,000 ft (3,353 m)
Rate of climb: 39 minutes 44 sec to 10,000 ft (3,048 m)
Wing loading: 6.15 lb/ft² (30.1 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.053 hp/lb (0.086 W/kg)
Endurance: 3 hours

ARMAMENT

1 or 2x .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun for observer
Up to 517 lb (235 kg) of bombs

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[corsair17]

I've been researching the FE for a long time in order to build a 1/5 scale RC model. This film is like finding gold, thanks for posting.

[Friendo1231]

Sure thing, man.

[boomk1234]

Are these real footage?

[Friendo1231]

Yeah.

[PurpleAlligatorSoup]

"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value". -

Marshal Ferdinand Foch,1911

[ur2c8]

The 'revolver' looks like a Very pistol to me. Could be a Webley. I think they where issued to the aircrew to enable them to set fire to their aircraft should they come down behind enemy lines.

[nolifemerc]

i wouldnt sit in that nose

[McLarenMercedes]

@PurpleAlligatorSoup

Like many before him he failed to see that a new kind of weapon would rapidly develop in the future.

Had the war gone on into 1919 the Entente planned several strategic bombing campaigns. The Handley Page V1500 and Vickers Vimy had the range to reach Berlin. As you no doubt know they used a Vickers Vimy to cross the Atlantic in 1919.

[JeffGR4]

@Friendo1231 Thanks a lot for this. The "Fee" is a beauty combined with strangeness, which may be why I'm attracted to her. It was love at first sight.

[derry162]

Excellent thank you. The books Winged Victory and Sagittarius Rising give very good accounts of being a WW1 pilot.

[wA7racer]

Excellent post.

I like the way that the gunner is innocently handed a pistol. At that time crew had no parachutes and a great fear for them was to be shot down un a burning aircraft (a flamer). The pistol was there to take a faster less painful painful way out. BRAVE MEN!!

[freerunner95242]

cool video. but i it would suck to be one of thoughts pilots during the war they were shot down a lot. but again cool video