Gloster Goring - Specifications (landplane)

Specifications (landplane)

Data from James 1971, pp. 144

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m)
• Wingspan: 42 ft 0 in (12.18 m)
• Height: 11 ft 6 in (3.50 m)
• Wing area: 450 ft2 (41.8 m2)
• Empty weight: 2,914 lb (1,321 kg)
• Gross weight: 5,650 lb (2,437 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Bristol Jupiter VIII 9-cylinder radial, 460 hp (345 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: at 4,000 ft (1,219 m) 136 mph (218 km/h)
• Service ceiling: 16,500 ft (5,030 m)
• Rate of climb: to 10,000 ft (3,050 m) 770 ft/min (3.91 m/s)

Armament

• 1×fixed synchronised forward firing 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun
• 1× 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun on Scarff ring in rear cockpit
• underwing bomb racks and under fuselage torpedo crutches, max load 690 lb (313 kg)