Specifications (DH.18A)
Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 2
General characteristics
- Crew: One (pilot)
- Capacity: Eight passengers
- Length: 39 ft 0 in (11.89 m)
- Wingspan: 51 ft 3 in (15.62 m)
- Height: 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
- Wing area: 621 ft² (57.7 m²)
- Empty weight: 4,040 lb (1,833 kg)
- Loaded weight: 6,515 lb (2,956 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Napier Lion 12-cylinder water-cooled W-block aircraft piston engine, 450 hp (336 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 109 kn (125 mph, 201 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 87 kn (100 mph, 161 km/h)
- Range: 348 nmi (400 mi, 644 km)
- Service ceiling: 16,000 ft (4,900 m)
- Rate of climb: 660 ft/min (3.4 m/s)
- Wing loading: 10.5 lb/ft² (51.2 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.069 hp/lb (0.11 kW/kg)
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