Blackburn Ripon - Specifications (Ripon IIC)

Specifications (Ripon IIC)

Data from The British Bomber.

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 36 ft 9 in (11.20 m)
• Wingspan: 44 ft 10 in (13.67 m)
• Height: 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m)
• Wing area: 683 ft2 (63,45 m2)
• Empty weight: 4,132 lb (1,878 kg)
• Loaded weight: 7,282 lb (3,310 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Napier Lion X, XI or XIA 12-cylinder broad-arrow piston engine, 570 hp (425 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 96 kn (111 mph, 179 km/h)
• Range: 356 nmi (410 mi, 660 km)
• Service ceiling: 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
  
• climb to 6,500 ft: 15 min 30 sec

Armament

• Guns: 1 × fixed, forward firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun (not Mk II) and 1 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun in rear cockpit.
• Bombs: Either 1 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo or up to 3 × 530 lb (240 kg) or 6 × 230 lb (104 kg) bombs.