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Single engine fighters in service as of 1938
Spartan SP-35 "Viper" (F-17)
FMA/Spartan I-02
FMA I-01 "Buchon" (Spartan F-16 "Falcon" in Atlantean service
Accrisius Ac-15 Aves
Spartan SP-20A2 "Corsair II"
Spartan SP-20A1 "Corsair"
Ripon-Bloch RB. 134 "Renegade"

Twin engine fighters in service as of 1938

Spartan SP-34 "Cutlass"

Spartan F-17 Viper

Wingspan: 36 (10.97m)
Length: 33 ft 4 in (10.25 m)
Height: 10 ft, 7in (3.2m)
Empty weight: 6,636 lb
Loaded weight: 8,400 lb
Engine: Spartan V-1500 V-12
Crew: 1
Max. speed: 514 km/h (333 kn, 383 mph) at 25,000 ft)
Range: 600 nm (691 miles)
Service ceiling: 34,500 ft
Rate of climb: 2,695 fpm

Armament: 6 × 12.7 mm in wings
Equiped with 8mm armoured rear bulkhead

FMA/Spartan I-02 I (F-18) Spirit, 1939



Wingspan: 44 ft 3 in (10.60 m)
Length: 33 ft 6 in (10.3 m)
Height: 11 ft, 2.25in (3.42 m)
Empty weight: 5,882lbs
Loaded weight: 7,500lbs
Engine: Spartan V-1300S V-12
Crew: 1
Max. speed: 414 mph at 15,000 ft
Range: 600 nm (691 miles)
Service ceiling: 35,000 ft
Rate of climb: 2,598 fpm

Armament: 4 × 12.7 mm in wings and a ventral bomb-rack for one 250-500lb bomb

FMA/Spartan I-02 II 1941

Wingspan: 44 ft 3 in (10.60 m)
Length: 33 ft 6 in (10.3 m)
Height: 11 ft, 2.25in (3.42 m)
Empty weight: 6,017lbs
Loaded weight: 7,500lbs
Engine: Spartan V-1500S V-12
Crew: 1
Max. speed: 423 mph at 15,000 ft
Range: 600 nm (664 miles)
Service ceiling: 37,500 ft
Rate of climb: 3,054 fpm

Armament: 4 × 12.7 mm in wings and a ventral bomb-rack for one 250-500lb bomb

Spartan Storm (F-20)

Wingspan: 41 ft 3.75 in (10.05 m)
Length: 33 ft ,11in (9.14 m)
Height: 12 ft, 4,25in (3.22 m)
Empty weight: 8,700lbs
Loaded weight: 10,790lbs
Engine: 2000hp double radial
Crew: 1
Max. speed: 414 mph
Range: (315 miles)
Service ceiling: 37,000 ft
Rate of climb: N/A

Armament: 4 × 12.7 mm in wings
armoured windscreen and 8mm thick armoured bulkhead



Spartan/FMA I-01 (F-16) Spiteful/Buchon

Wingspan: 33 ft 3 in (10.05 m)
Length: 30 ft ,11in (9.14 m)
Height: 10 ft, 7in (3.22 m)
Empty weight: 4,796lbs
Loaded weight: 6,000lbs
Engine: Spartan 1000hp V-12 inline engine with supercharger
Crew: 1
Max. speed: 334 mph
Range: 600 nm (526 miles)
Service ceiling: 33,000 ft
Rate of climb: 2,471 fpm

Armament: 4 × 12.7 mm in wings and a ventral bomb-rack for one 250-500lb bomb
armoured windscreen and 8mm thick armoured bulkhead

Accrisius F-12 Aves

Wingspan: 39 ft (11.8 m)
Length: 31 ft, 6in (9.2 m)
Height: 10 ft (3.05 m)
Empty weight: 6,211 lbs
Loaded weight: 7,500 lbs
Engine: Spartan V-1300S V-12
Crew: 1
Max. speed: 329 mph
Range: 641 nm (738 miles)
Service ceiling: 28,000 ft
Rate of climb: 1,617 fpm
Armament: 6 × 12.7 mm in wings
8mm thick armoured bulkhead

Ripon-Bloch RB. 134 (F-11) "Renegade"





Wingspan: 35 ft (11.8 m)
Length: 29 ft, 5in (9.2 m)
Height: 9 ft, 11.25in (3.03 m)
Empty weight: 4,727 lbs
Loaded weight: 6,000 lbs
Engine: Ripon R-1000-010A Radial
Crew: 1
Max. speed: 319 mph
Range: 373 nm (430 miles)
Service ceiling: 30,000 ft
Rate of climb: 1,617 fpm
Armament: 4x 7.7mm (Renegade I) 4 × 12.7 mm (Renegade II) in wings
8mm thick armoured bulkhead

Twin engine fighters in service as of January 1938

Spartan SP.34 Cutlass (F-14)





General Type:
Airplane = 1
Airship = 2
Orbiter = 3
1

Year of First Flight: 1935

Description

Conventional Aircraft
Monoplane
Conventional Fuselage

A twin-engined monoplane long-range fighter-bomber. Armament 2x20mm cannon, 3x 13mm HMG, 2x 500lb bombs underwing. 8mm rear armoured bulkhead. A design spawned from a heavy fighter requirement, the Cutlass used design elements from the Vanquish bomber series.



Characteristics:

Weight (maximum) 22,000 lbs
Weight (empty) 16,721 lbs

Length 46.5 ft
Wingspan 72 ft
Wing Area 718 sq ft
Sweep 5 degrees

Engines 2
Ripon R-1200-012A
Piston

1,200 hp
at 15,000 ft


Crew 2


Typical cost $0.096 million in 1936
Total number procured 500


Performance:

Top Speed 265 kts = 305 mph
at 16,000 ft
Mach N/A

Operational Ceiling 24,500 ft

Range 954 nm = 1,099 miles
with 1,201 lbs payload
1,313 lbs released at halfway point

Climb 1,255 fpm

Cruise 244 kts = 281 mph
at 10,000 ft

Corner Speed 217 KIAS =
273 kts at 15,000 ft
Mach N/A
Turning Rate 23.3 deg/sec
Radius 2,275 ft



Internal Data:

Intake / Fan Diameter 9 ft

Bypass Ratio 81.85

Engine Weight 1240 lbs
Overall Efficiency 22.5 percent

Structural Factor 1.00

Number of Wings 1
Number of Fuselages 1

Limiting Airspeed 350 kts
Wing Ultimate g Load 9.00 g
Wing Taper 0.2
Wing Thickness at Root 1 ft

Tail / Canard Factor 0.5

Number of Nacelles 2
Length 20 ft
Diameter 2.5 ft
Fullness 0.3

Fuselage Diameter 4.5 ft
Fuselage Fullness 0.4

Pressurized Volume 0 percent
Cargo Decks 1

Cleanness 62 percent
Unstreamlined section 2.5 sq ft

User equipment 2,000 lbs

Accrisius F-21

General Type:
Airplane = 1
Airship = 2
Orbiter = 3
1

Year of First Flight: 1939

Description

Conventional Aircraft
Monoplane
Conventional Fuselage

A monoplane land-based fighter-bomber armed with four 12.7mm HMG and two 20mm cannon plus a bombload of up to 2,000lbs. 8mm armoured rear bulkhead.



Characteristics:

Weight (maximum) 10,250 lbs
Weight (empty) 6,861 lbs

Length 36.6 ft
Wingspan 43 ft
Wing Area 296 sq ft
Sweep 3 degrees

Engines 1
Ripon R-1800-006STS
Piston

1,800 hp
at 15,000 ft


Crew 1


Typical cost $0.048 million in 1939
Total number procured 500


Performance:

Top Speed 352 kts = 405 mph
at 15,000 ft
Mach N/A

Operational Ceiling 38,500 ft

Range 760 nm = 875 miles
with 1,872 lbs payload
2,000 lbs released at halfway point

Climb 3,074 fpm

Cruise 261 kts = 300 mph
at 12,500 ft

Corner Speed 256 KIAS =
296 kts at 10,000 ft
Mach N/A
Turning Rate 27.3 deg/sec
Radius 2,102 ft



Internal Data:

Intake / Fan Diameter 11 ft

Bypass Ratio 81.6

Engine Weight 1805 lbs
Overall Efficiency 22.5 percent

Structural Factor 1.00

Number of Wings 1
Number of Fuselages 1

Limiting Airspeed 475 kts
Wing Ultimate g Load 10.50 g
Wing Taper 0.2
Wing Thickness at Root 1.3 ft

Tail / Canard Factor 0.25

Number of Nacelles 0
Length 0 ft
Diameter 0 ft
Fullness 0

Fuselage Diameter 4 ft
Fuselage Fullness 0.3

Pressurized Volume 0 percent
Cargo Decks 0

Cleanness 87 percent
Unstreamlined section 2.3 sq ft

User equipment 975 lbs

Aircraft Type or Name:

Spartan Sp-38 (F-19) Cyclone turret fighter

General Type:
Airplane = 1
Airship = 2
Orbiter = 3
1

Year of First Flight: 1938

Description

Conventional Aircraft
Monoplane
Conventional Fuselage

A monoplane turret fighter armed with 4x 7.7mm MG in the wings and 4x 7.7mm in a dorsal turret.



Characteristics:

Weight (maximum) 7,800 lbs
Weight (empty) 6,356 lbs

Length 36.3 ft
Wingspan 48 ft
Wing Area 342 sq ft
Sweep 1 degrees

Engines 1
Spartan 12V-1300S-SA
Piston

1,300 hp
at 15,000 ft


Crew 2


Typical cost $0.043 million in 1938
Total number procured 500


Performance:

Top Speed 294 kts = 338 mph
at 15,000 ft
Mach N/A

Operational Ceiling 38,000 ft

Range 468 nm = 539 miles
with 300 lbs payload
313 lbs released at halfway point

Climb 2,278 fpm

Cruise 200 kts = 230 mph
at 10,000 ft

Corner Speed 179 KIAS =
207 kts at 10,000 ft
Mach N/A
Turning Rate 27.0 deg/sec
Radius 1,488 ft



Internal Data:

Intake / Fan Diameter 9 ft

Bypass Ratio 77.6

Engine Weight 1610 lbs
Overall Efficiency 22.5 percent

Structural Factor 1.00

Number of Wings 1
Number of Fuselages 1

Limiting Airspeed 450 kts
Wing Ultimate g Load 8.00 g
Wing Taper 0.1
Wing Thickness at Root 1.4 ft

Tail / Canard Factor 0.3

Number of Nacelles 0
Length 0 ft
Diameter 0 ft
Fullness 0

Fuselage Diameter 4 ft
Fuselage Fullness 0.35

Pressurized Volume 0 percent
Cargo Decks 0

Cleanness 68 percent
Unstreamlined section 1 sq ft

User equipment 725 lbs