de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen Carrier-Based All-Weather Interceptor (1958)
The swept-wing de Havilland Sea Vixen replaced the Sea Venom in the Royal Navy.
The Sea Vixen featured two Rolls-Royce brand engines, mounted in each boom. The booms extended to the rear, joined by a high-mounted elevator. Engines were fitted to the wing roots and straddled either side of the fuselage. Power-folding wings were a standard design element and crucial to the accommodating the limited storage space found on British aircraft carriers. Crew accommodations amounted to two personnel - a pilot seated in a port-side offset position and a radar operator to the right and rear, in a lower seating position. A standard tricycle landing gear rounded out the design features and included a steerable nose wheel. Armament in the early production model consisted of 4 x Firestreak air-to-air missiles mounted on four underwing hardpoints. Later Sea Vixens would be fielded with the Red Top infra-red homing missile. Additionally, two retractable nose-mounted rocket pods were standard abd fielded with 28 x 51mm air-to-air rockets.
The de Havilland Sea Vixen suffered an early setback in development when a prototype crashed in 1952. This developmental issue caused the Sea Vixen to delay its inevitable arrival to the Fleet Air Arm to 1958, becoming the primary fixture of the Royal Navy from then on. The FAW.Mk 1 appeared first, followed by the FAW.Mk 2 which was featured as an "improved" Sea Vixen. The latter design was designed to fire the Red Top infra-red homing missile. In all, Sea Vixens performed admirably well for the British Navy, showcasing capabilities comparable to its land-based counterparts from any nation. Text ©2003-2013 www.MilitaryFactory.com • All Rights Reserved • No Reproduction Permitted
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Specifications for the
de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen
Carrier-Based All-Weather Interceptor
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Manufacturer: de Havilland - UK
Initial Year of Service: 1958
Production: 151
Focus Model: de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen FAW.Mk 2
Crew: 2
Length: 55.58ft (16.94m)
Width: 50.98ft (15.54m)
Height: 10.76ft (3.28m)
Weight (Empty): 22,000lbs (9,979kg)
Weight (MTOW): 37,022lbs (16,793kg)
Powerplant: 2 x Rolls-Royce Avon 208 turbojet engines delivering 11,230lbs of thrust each.
Maximum Speed: 690mph (1,110kmh; 599kts)
Maximum Range: 800miles (1,287km)
Service Ceiling: 48,031ft (14,640m; 9.1miles)
Rate-of-Climb: 4,705 feet per minute (1,434m/min)
Hardpoints: 4
Armament Suite:
4 x Red Top infra-red homing air-to-air missiles
2 x Retractable Rocket Pods in nose housing 28 x 51mm air-to-air rockets.
Variants:
DH.110 - Initial Prototype Designation Models of which 2 produced.
DH.110(N) - Navalized Prototype Designation Model of which a single example was produced.
FAW.Mk 1 - Initial Production Model; featured powered folding wings, steerable nose wheel and hinged radome assembly; Firestreak AAM capable; 119 examples produced.
FAW.Mk 2 - "Improved" Sea Vixen; increased fuel capacity for increased range; extended tail booms; Red Top AAM capable; 29 new production examples and 67 rebuilt models.
D.3 - Target Drone Conversion Model Designation; 3 such examples converted.
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