DE HAVILLAND DH.98 MOSQUITO

 

BRAND and MODEL

DE HAVILLAND DH.98 MOSQUITO

TYPE

Two-seat fighter/bomber

ORIGIN

United Kingdom

ENGINE

(FB Mk 40)

Two 970 kw (1,300 hp) Rolls Royce Merlin 31 twelve-cylinder VEE liquid-cooled engines

SPECIFICATIONS

Wingspan: 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)

Length: 12.34 m (40 ft 6 in)

Height: 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)

Wing area: 41.8 m² (450 sq ft)

Max speed at 4,023 m (13,200 ft): 608 km/h (378 mph)

Maxspeed at sea level: 541 km/h (336 mph)

Economical cruising speed: 416 km/h (296 mph)

Initial rate of climb: 570 m/min (1,870 ft/min)

Operational ceiling: 7,925 m (26,000 ft)

Range at economical cruising speed at sea level: 1,545 km (960 miles)

Empty weight: 6,249 kg (13,777 lb)

Loaded weight: 9,843 kg (21,700 lb)

PHOTO

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