Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one aircraft design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for the Royal Aircraft Factory BE.9 Armed Scout Biplane Prototype.
1 x Royal Aircraft Factory (RAF) 1a V8 air-cooled engine developing 90 horsepower driving four-bladed wooden propeller at the nose (ahead of the pilot, aft of the gunner) in tractor arrangement.
Propulsion
84 mph
135 kph | 73 kts
Max Speed
7,497 ft
2,285 m | 1 miles
Service Ceiling
149 miles
240 km | 130 nm
Operational Range
225 ft/min
69 m/min
Rate-of-Climb