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RAF S.E.5a

5,236 SMH  6.3 years ago

I've redone the S.E.5! Well, this is an S.E.5a. Anyway, Please upvote and enjoy it, I spent over 7 days working on it, getting angry at it, forgetting about it, then remembering it and finishing it. Fun fact: the S.E.5 was the first plane to include a Trim function in its pitch! (which I included)

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The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 was a British biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. It was developed by the Royal Aircraft Factory by a team consisting of Henry Folland, John Kenworthy and Major Frank Goodden. It was one of the fastest aircraft of the war, while being both stable and relatively manoeuvrable. According to aviation author Robert Jackson, the S.E.5 was: "the nimble fighter that has since been described as the 'Spitfire of World War One'".[2] In most respects the S.E.5 had superior performance to the rival Sopwith Camel, both aircraft being capable dogfighters of the era; however, problems with its Hispano-Suiza engine, particularly the geared-output H-S 8B-powered early versions, meant that there was a chronic shortage of S.E.5s until well into 1918. Thus, while the first examples had reached the Western Front before the Camel, there were fewer squadrons equipped with the S.E.5 than with the Sopwith fighter. Together with the Camel, the S.E.5 was instrumental in regaining allied air superiority in mid-1917 and maintaining it for the rest of the war, ensuring there was no repetition of "Bloody April" 1917 when losses in the Royal Flying Corps were much heavier than in the Luftstreitkräfte. The S.E.5s remained in RAF service for some time following the Armistice that ended the conflict; some were transferred to various overseas military operators, while a number were also adopted by civilian operators.

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 3 airplane(s)
  • Created On Mac
  • Wingspan 33.3ft (10.2m)
  • Length 26.2ft (8.0m)
  • Height 11.1ft (3.4m)
  • Empty Weight 7,059lbs (3,202kg)
  • Loaded Weight 8,434lbs (3,825kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.118
  • Wing Loading 11.9lbs/ft2 (58.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 709.6ft2 (65.9m2)
  • Drag Points 7707

Parts

  • Number of Parts 273
  • Control Surfaces 36
  • Performance Cost 931
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    31.1k SlimSimpy

    why is nobody uploading?

    6.3 years ago
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    Deserved to be featured! Well crafted, well detailed, flies decent, Excellent!

    6.3 years ago
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    52.5k Tang0five

    Fantastic job on this!

    6.3 years ago
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    5,236 SMH

    @Treadmill103 Thanks! Wish this got a little more attention though, might have posted it at the wrong time. This took me a little over a week to build so i was in a hurry to post it

    6.3 years ago