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[dsawan]

The Mk 3 contra-rotating propeller driven variant

Tempest Mk. III
    Singe-seat experimental version of the Tempest, fitted with a Rolls-Royce Griffon 85 piston engine and contra-rotating propellers.[72] One prototype (LA610) built.[72]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Tempest
https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hawker-tempest-mk-iii/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/611434086880611825/

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General characteristics

    Crew: 1
    Length: 33 ft 8 in (10.26 m) [v 1]
    Wingspan: 41 ft 0 in (12.50 m)
    Height: 14 ft 10 in (4.52 m) (tail in rigging position with one propeller blade vertical) ; 16 ft 1 in (4.90 m) (tail down with one propeller blade vertical)[v 2]
    Wing area: 302 sq ft (28.1 m2)
    Airfoil: root:Hawker H.14/14/37.5 ; tip:Hawker H.14/10/37.5 (maximum thickness at 37.5% chord)
    Gross weight: 11,400 lb (5,171 kg) as interceptor; 12,500 lb (5,700 kg) with 2x 500 lb (230 kg) bombs; 13,500 lb (6,100 kg) with 2x 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs)[v 3]
    Fuel capacity: 160 imp gal (190 US gal; 730 l) internal with optional 90 imp gal (110 US gal; 410 l) or 180 imp gal (220 US gal; 820 l) in two drop tanks under wings
    Oil tank capacity: 16 imp gal (19 US gal; 73 l)[v 4]
    Powerplant: 1 × Napier Sabre IIB H-24 liquid-cooled sleeve-valve piston engine, 2,420 hp (1,800 kW) at + 11 lb boost for 5 minutes at sea level[nb 15] ; 2,010 hp (1,500 kW) for take-off ; 2,045 hp (1,525 kW) at 13,750 ft (4,190 m)[v 5]
    Propellers: 4-bladed de Havilland Hydromatic, 14 ft (4.3 m) diameter constant-speed propeller[v 6]

Performance

    Maximum speed: 435 mph (700 km/h, 378 kn) at 17,000 ft (5,200 m) ; 390 mph (340 kn; 630 km/h) at sea level[v 7]
    Combat range: 420 mi (680 km, 360 nmi) [v 8]
    Service ceiling: 36,500 ft (11,100 m)
    Rate of climb: 4,700 ft/min (24 m/s)
    Time to altitude: 20,000 ft (6,100 m) in 6 minutes at combat power[v 9]
    Wing loading: 44.7 lb/sq ft (218 kg/m2) at 13,500 lb (6,100 kg)
    Power/mass: 0.149 hp/lb (0.245 kW/kg) at 13,500 lb (6,100 kg)[v 10]

Armament

    4 × 20 mm (0.787 in) Mark II Hispano cannon, 200 rpg. Later models used Mark V Hispano cannon.
    with
        2 × 500 lb (230 kg) or 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs
        8 × 3 in (76.20 mm) RP-3 rockets (post-Second World War)
        Provision for 2 × 45 imp gal (54 US gal; 200 l) or 2 × 90 imp gal (110 US gal; 410 l) drop tanks.
Tempest Mk. V "(PV)" – Experimental anti-tank version of the Tempest Mk. V fitted with two underwing experimental 47 mm PV (Class P, Vickers) anti-tank gun gunpods.[32] One Tempest Mk. V (SN354) modified for testing.[28]

https://wiki.warthunder.com/Tempest_Mk_V_(Vickers_P)

[dsawan]

Others include the MkVI

Tempest Mk. VI – F. Mk. VI (F.6)
    Single-seat fighter aircraft for the RAF, fitted with the Napier Napier Sabre Mk. V inline piston engine (2,340 hp) but otherwise equivalent to the later Tempest Mk. V. 142 built.[74]

Tempest F. Mk. V Series 1 – Initial production version of the Tempest Mk V. Series 1 aircraft were fitted with four long-barrel 20 mm (.79 in) Hispano Mk. II cannons[nb 14] and continued to use some Typhoon components. 100 built.[73]