The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 is a British single-seat fighter of the First World War designed at the Royal Aircraft Factory. It could not escape the drag penalty imposed by its tail structure and was no match for the Albatros fighters of late 1916.

The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft [2] designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Vought. It was the last American fighter that had guns as the primary weapon, earning it the title "The Last of the Gunfighters". [3][4]

2020年10月14日 · The Royal Aircraft Factory applied its talents to the design of a single-seat fighter as soon as the need for such a machine became clear with John Kenworthy completing his design for Fighting Experimental No. 8 or F.E.8 in May 1915.

2018年2月13日 · The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 ("FE" = "Fighter Experimental") recorded a first-flight in September of 1915 and adopted for service with the Royal Flying Corps of Britain on August 2nd, 1916.

In 1915, the Royal Aircraft Factory introduced its “Fighter Experimental,” F.E.8. When the aircraft was designed, a suitable method of synchronizing machine gun fire through revolving propeller blades had not yet been developed by the allies.

2021年12月5日 · English: The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 was a British single-seat fighter of World War I introduced into service 1916. The following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total.

The R.A.F. F.E.8 was a single-seat pusher fighter in the same school as the Airco D.H.2. Though the prototype was complete in October 1915, it was not until August 1916 that the first F.E.8-equipped squadron arrived in France.

RAF F.E.8 Aircraft Type Specification, Dimensions and Performance from britishaircraft.co.uk

Of pusher configuration to allow an uninterrupted forward field of fire for the 7.7mm Lewis gun, the F.E.8 was a two-bay equi-span biplane with a short fuselage nacelle to accommodate the gun, the pilot and a 100hp Gnome Monosoupape nine-cylinder rotary engine, and four slender booms to carry the cruciform tail unit.

RAF F.E.8 single-seat pusher fighter biplane weight and performance calculations