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| WEIGHTS |
| Empty weight | 3084 kg | 6799 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 5.95 m | 20 ft 6 in |
| Length | 7.99 m | 26 ft 3 in |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 1011 km/h | 628 mph |
| lechrus, kingcobra(@)g-mail.com, 18.03.2010 My research leads me to believe that the wing skins may have been fabricated from Durestos, an asbestos felt reinforced phenolic resin, selected because it was cheaper and had a higher specific stiffness than the emerging glass fibre/polyester resin composite materials of the period. The higher skin temperatures of transonic flight might have also played a role. Talk about being ahead of its time. | | M Halle, m9halle(@)yahoo.co.uk, 03.10.2009 My father in law worked for Fairy Aviation then Fairey Engineering for 40 years - he has passed away and we are sorting though his effects. I came across a large technical document for a Prototype aircraft called the E.10/47 from 1950. The drawing of the plane looks similar to the FD1. Is there any organisation who collects this type of document? | | Uppy, uvandijk(@)hetnet.nl, 02.10.2008 FD1. First flight March 12 1951. Delta-winged research plane. Control proved difficult. |
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