Manufacturer: Gerhard Fieseler Werke GmbH
First flight: 24th December, 1942
Model number: Fi-103
Classification: Flying Bomb

SPECIFICATIONS: Fi-103 (V-1) Rocket
Span: 19 ft / 5.72 m
Length: 26 ft / 7.9 m

Gross weight Empty: 1,796 pounds / 815 kg
Gross weight warhead: 1,874 pounds / 850 kg
Gross weight Loaded: 4,806 pounds / 2,180 kg
Top speed: 497.2 mph / 800 km/h
Launching speed: 235 mph / 378 km/h
Cruising speed: n/a
Range: 149 miles / 240 km
Ceiling: 9,845 feet / 3,000 m
Power: One Argus Pulse Jet Engine
Accommodation: Crew of 1 on the manned version
Armament: 1,874 pounds / 850 kg High Explosives

Cost: $500 ($6200 today)

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