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Fairey Firecat Mk.I

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Auto Credit Based on Cedy117's Fairey Firefly

The Fairey Firecat is a 50s era light ground attack aircraft. It is used by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and the RN (Royal Navy, seen here). It is equipped with (offensive armormant) two 20mm cannons and four .303 machine guns. It also has one .30 caliber machine gun facing the rear for defense (operated by the pilot). It carries two bombs on external hard-points, but can be equipped with rockets, more bombs, a torpedo, and night-fighting radar equipment. This plane can also fly over 800 miles per hour (flying straight for ~5 minutes)

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Fairey Firefly
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 61.3ft (18.7m)
  • Length 48.5ft (14.8m)
  • Height 16.3ft (5.0m)
  • Empty Weight 5,579lbs (2,531kg)
  • Loaded Weight 32,958lbs (14,949kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.204
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.03
  • Wing Loading 19.6lbs/ft2 (95.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,682.1ft2 (156.3m2)
  • Drag Points 4703

Parts

  • Number of Parts 188
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 767