Vickers Valparaiso - Specifications (Valparaiso I)

Specifications (Valparaiso I)

Data from Vickers Aircraft Since 1908

General characteristics

• Crew: Two
• Length: 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m)
• Wingspan: 40 ft 0 in (12.20 m)
• Height: 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
• Wing area: 526 ft2 (48.9 m2)
• Empty weight: 3,128 lb (1,422 kg)
• Loaded weight: 4,720 lb (2,145 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Napier Lion IA 12-cylinder water-cooled W-block, 468 hp (349 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 118 kn (136 mph, 219 km/h) at 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
• Cruise speed: 96 kn (110 mph, 177 km/h)
• Range: 478 nmi (550 mi, 886 km)
• Service ceiling: 19,500 ft (5,950 m)
• Rate of climb: 951 ft/min (4.8 m/s)
• Wing loading: 8.97 lb/ft2 (43.9 kg/m2)
• Power/mass: 0.099 hp/lb (0.16 kW/kg)
  
• Climb to 10,000 ft (3,050 m): 10 min 15 sec

Armament

• 2 × forward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun
• 1 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun in observers cockpit