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Old 11-04-2008, 02:32 AM   #14 (permalink)
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For a bloody big aircraft, the Corsair is quite the lightweight. Same website used again:

Empty Weight: 9205 lbs (4174 kg)
Gross Weight: 14669 lbs (6653 kg)

The Typhoon was probably up there for being the heaviest British designed single-engined fighter type aircraft used by the RAF but is still, if we can use these figures as a rough guide since they're not all from the same source, lighter than the Mustang if flown without underwing ordnance!

Hawker Typhoon - fighter

Take-off weight 5170 kg 11398 lb
Empty weight 3992 kg 8801 lb

The Hawker Typhoon and Tempest - Great Britain

Without its underwing load the Typhoon IB weighed 11,300 lbs., and with two 500-lb. bombs and the necessary racks, 12,400 lbs.

The Hawker Tempest Page

The Mk I Tempest was, of course, lighter, but the Mk V appears to have been the same weight as a Tiffy despite its much thinner wing:

Weight (empty): 9,000lb
Weight (loaded):11,400lb
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