Single Engine Fighters

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Imperial Aircraft Factory Windwalker MkI Fighter (OTL Nieuport 17)

General characteristics

    Crew: one
    Length: 5.80 m (19 ft 0 in)
    Wingspan: 8.16 m (26 ft 9 in)
    Height: 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in)
    Wing area: 14.75 m² (158.8 ft²)
    Empty weight: 375 kg (825 lb)
    Loaded weight: 560 kg (1,232 lb)
    Powerplant: 1× 110hp 9-cylinder rotary engine

Performance

    Maximum speed: 165 km/h (90 kn, 103 mph) at sea level
    Endurance: 1.75 hours
    Service ceiling: 5,300 m (17,390 ft)
    Rate of climb: 11.5 min to 3,000 m (9,840 ft) ()
    Wing loading: 37.9 kg/m² (7.77 lb/ft²)
    Power/mass: 0.15 kW/kg (0.09 hp/lb)

Armament

    Guns:
      1 × synchronised 13mm machine gun
    Rockets: 8 very light underwing rockets (MkI field mod, MkIa factory equipped hardpoints)

The primary fighter at the begging of the Second Civil war, the Windwalker served admirably against much larger numbers of RRC aircraft though 1919 and into 1920. Wile outclassing the majority of RRC types on a one-to-one basis, the shear numerical advantage negated this benefit most of the time.