Specifications (Vespa V)
Data from Vickers Aircraft Since 1908
General characteristics
- Crew: Two
- Length: 33 ft 0 in (10.06 m)
- Wingspan: 50 ft 0 in (15.24 m)
- Height: 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
- Wing area: 576 ft² (53.5 m²)
- Empty weight: 2,882 lb (1,310 kg)
- Loaded weight: 4,370 lb (1,986 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar VIC 14 cylinder air cooled radial engine, 490 hp (366 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 121 kn (139 mph, 224 km/h)
- Range: 504 nmi (580 mi, 934 km)
- Service ceiling: 26,000 ft (7,900 m) absolute ceiling
- Wing loading: 7.59 lb/ft² (36.2 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.11 hp/lb (0.18 kW/kg)
- Climb: 16 min to 15,000 ft (4,600 m)
Armament
- Guns: *1 × fixed, forward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun
- 1 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun on Scarff ring in rear cockpit
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