| Manufacturer |
Avro |
Aichi Kokuki |
| Description |
The Avro 604 Antelope was a British light bomber which was designed and built in the late 1920s to meet a requirement for a light bomber to equip the Royal Air Force, competing against the Hawker Hart and the Fairey Fox II. |
The Aichi F1A (designated AB-13 by its designers and manufacturers at Aichi) was a prototype Japanese floatplane of the 1930s. |
| First Flight |
1928-07-01 |
1936-01-01 |
| Service End |
1933-09-01 |
|
| Designer |
Avro |
Aichi Kokuki |
| Type |
Light Bomber |
|
| Length (m) |
9.4488 |
9.3 |
| Height (m) |
3.048 |
4.1 |
| Cockpit Crew |
2 |
2 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
278.4165 |
386 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
233.3549 |
|
| Min Speed (km/h) |
|
95.3779 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
6705.6 |
9275 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
7.4676 |
|
| Armament |
:*1 × synchronised, forward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun :*1 × flexible .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun in rear cockpit; :*Up to two 250 lb (113 kg) bombs |
2× fixed forward firing 7.7 mm machine guns, 1 machine gun in rear cockpit |
| Endurance (h) |
|
8 |
| National Origin |
|
Empire of Japan |
| Number Built |
1 |
2 |
| Powerplant Description |
1 × Rolls-Royce F.XI.B V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 358 kW (480 hp) each |
1 × Nakajima Hikari 1 nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 611 kW (820 hp) each |
| Status |
Prototype |
|
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Antelope |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aichi_F1A |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
10.9728 |
11 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
35.0244 |
28 |
| Aircraft Engine |
|
Nakajima Hikari |
| Number of Engines |
1 |
1 |