Specifications (Bombay Mk.I)
Data from The British Bomber since 1914
General characteristics
- Crew: 3-4
- Capacity: 24 armed troops or 10 stretchers
- Length: 69 ft 3 in (21.1 m)
- Wingspan: 95 ft 9 in (29.2 m)
- Height: 19 ft 11 in (6.1 m)
- Wing area: 1,340 ft² (124.5 m²)
- Empty weight: 13,800 lb (6,260 kg)
- Loaded weight: 20,180 lb (9,173 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Bristol Pegasus XXII radial engines, 1,010 hp (755 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 167 kn (192 mph, 309 km/h) at 6,500 ft (2,000 m)
- Cruise speed: 139 kn (160 mph, 268 km/h) at 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
- Range: 1,940 nmi (2,230 mi, 3,560 km) with overload fuel
- Service ceiling: 24,850 ft (7,600 m)
- Rate of climb: 750 ft/min (3.8 m/s)
- Wing loading: 14.9 lb/ft² (72.9 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.10 hp/lb (170 W/kg)
Armament
- Guns: 2 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers K machine guns in powered nose and tail turrets
- Bombs: 2,000 lb (907 kg) as 8 × 250 lb (113 kg) bombs on underfuselage racks
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