Messerschmitt BF 110
Specifications - Bf 110C-1
- Heavy fighter
- Ground-attack aircraft
- Fighter-bomber/Night fighter
- Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW)
- Messerschmitt
Crew: 2 or 3
Powerplant:
- Model: Daimler-Benz DB 601A-1
- Type: V-12 inverted liquid-cooled piston engines
- Horsepower:
- 1,050 hp each for take-off
- 1,100 hp at 12,140 ft (3,700m)
- Propellers: 3-bladed VDM variable-pitch propellers
- Fuel capacity: 336 US gallons (1,272 liters) in 4 centre-section tanks
Dimensions:
- Length: 12.0714 m (39 ft 7.25 in)
- Wingspan: 16.2497 m (53 ft 3.75 in)
- Height: 4.128 m (13 ft 6.5 in)
- Wing area: 38.4000 m2 (413.334 sq ft) Airfoil:
- Root: NACA 2R1 (18.5%)
- Tip: NACA 2R1 (11%)
Weights:
- Empty weight: 4,425 kg (9,755 lb)
- Gross weight: 6,028 kg (13,289 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 6,749 kg (14,880 lb)
Performance:
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Maximum speed:
- 295 mph (475 kph) at 13,289 lb (6,028 kg) at sea level
- 326 mph (525 kph) at 13,120 ft (4,000m)
- 336 mph (541 kph) at 19,685 ft (6,000m)
- 163 mph (262 kph) maximum continuous at sea level
- 304 mph (489 kph) maximum continuous at 16,400 ft (5,000m)
- 301 mph (484 kph) maximum continuous at 22,970 ft (7,000m)
- 217 mph (349 kph) economical cruise speed at 13,780 ft (4,200m)
- 481 mi (774km) at sea level with normal internal fuel at maximum continuous cruise speed
- 530 mi (850km) at 16,400 ft (5,000m) at maximum continuous cruise speed
- 565 mi (909km) at 22,970 ft (7,000m) at economical cruise speed
- 680 mi (1,094km) at 13,780 ft (4,200m) at economical cruise speed
Range:
Rate of climb: 2,200 ft/min (11 m/s)
Time to altitude: 19,685 ft (6,000m) in 10 minutes 12 seconds
Wing loading: 35 lb/sq ft (173 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.147 hp/lb
Armament
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Guns:
- 2 × 20 mm MG FF/M cannon (180 rpg*)
- 4 × 7.92 mm MG 17 machine guns (1,000 rpg)
- 1 × 7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun for defence * 3 drums with 60 rpg, cannon were reloaded by rear gunner or radio operator during flight.
Sources:
Gunston, Bill - The Encyclodepia of the Worlds Combat aircraft, 1976, Chartwell Books, Inc., New York
Brown, Eric, Captain - Wings of the Luftwaffe
, 1979, Airlife Publishing Ltd., Shrewsbury
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe
, 1977, Salamander
Books Ltd., London
Donald, David - The Complete Encyclopedia Of World Aircraft, 1997, Brown Packaging Books Ltd., London
Wikipedia - BF 110
Gunston, Bill - The Encyclodepia of the Worlds Combat aircraft, 1976, Chartwell Books, Inc., New York
Brown, Eric, Captain - Wings of the Luftwaffe
, 1979, Airlife Publishing Ltd., ShrewsburyGunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe
, 1977, Salamander
Books Ltd., LondonDonald, David - The Complete Encyclopedia Of World Aircraft, 1997, Brown Packaging Books Ltd., London
Wikipedia - BF 110
