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Development of the Typhoon with a new, thinner wing, a longer fuselage, and an all-round vision canopy. Finding a satisfactory engine proved to be a problem, but some 400 Tempest Mk. Vs were built with a Napier Sabre II engine before the war ended, and these proved to be excellent all-round fighters. The Tempest II (Bristol Centaurus) and Tempest VI (Sabre VI) were post-war developments.
Detailed history of Typhoon and Tempest
| General characteristics Tempest Mk.V | |||
| Primary function | Fighter | ||
| Power plant | One Napier Sabre II engine | ||
| Thrust | 2,180 HP | 1,626 kW | |
| Wingspan | 41 ft | 12.50 m | |
| Length | 33.66 ft | 10.26 m | |
| Height | 16.1 ft | 4.90 m | |
| Wingarea | 302 sq ft | 28.06 sq m | |
| Weight | empty | 9,100 lb | 4,128 kg |
| max. | 13,515 lb | 6,130 kg | |
| Speed | 428 mph | 688 km/h | |
| Initial climb rate | 3,000 ft/min | 914 m/min | |
| Ceiling | 37,000 ft | 11,280 m | |
| Range | 740 mi | 1,191 km | |
| Armament | 4x 20mm cannon; 8x rockets or 907 kg bombs | ||
| Crew | One | ||
| First flight | prototype 2.9.1942 | ||
| Date deployed | June 1943 | ||
| Number built | 800 (Mk.V) | ||
| 1418 (all wersions incl. postwar) | |||
| Users | GB, New Zealand | ||
Jirka Wagner
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