Specifications (Short Stirling I)
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General characteristics
- Crew: 7 (First and second pilot, navigator/bomb aimer, front gunner/WT operator, two air gunners, and flight engineer)
- Length: 87 ft 3 in (26.6 m)
- Wingspan: 99 ft 1 in (30.2 m)
- Height: 22 ft 9 in (6.9 m)
- Wing area: 1,460 ft² (135.6 m²)
- Aspect ratio: 6.5
- Empty weight: 46,900 lb (21,274 kg)
- Loaded weight: 59,400 lb (26,944 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 70,000 lb (31,752 kg)
- Powerplant: 4 × Bristol Hercules II radial engine, 1,375 hp (1,025 kW) each
- Propellers: Three-bladed metal fully feathering propeller
- Propeller diameter: 13 ft 6 in
Performance
- Maximum speed: 282 mph (454 km/h) at 12,500 ft (3,800 m)
- Cruise speed: 200 mph (320 km/h)
- Range: 2,330 mi (3,750 km)
- Service ceiling: 16,500 ft (5,030 m)
- Rate of climb: 800 ft/min (4 m/s)
- Wing loading: 44.9 lb/ft² (219.4 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.093 hp/lb (0.153 kW/kg)
Armament
- Guns: 8 x 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns: 2 in powered nose turret, 4 in tail turret, 2 in dorsal turret
- Bombs: Up to 14,000 lb (6,350 kg) of bombs
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