Specifications (Vengeance I)
Data from British Warplanes of World War II
General characteristics
- Crew: 2 (pilot, navigator/gunner)
- Length: 39 ft 9 in (12.12 m)
- Wingspan: 48 ft 0 in (14.63 m)
- Height: 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
- Wing area: 332 ft² (30.84 m²)
- Empty weight: 9,725 lb (4,411 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 14,300 lb (6,486 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-2600-A5B-5 Twin Cyclone 14 cylinder radial air-cooled engine, 1,600 hp (1,193 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 275 mph (239 kn, 443 km/h) at 11,000 ft (3,350 m)
- Cruise speed: 235 mph (204 kn, 378 km/h)
- Range: 1,400 miles (1,220 nmi, 2,253 km)
- Service ceiling: 22,500 ft (6,860 m)
- Wing loading: 43.1 lb/ft² (210 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.11 hp/lb (0.18 kW/kg)
Armament
- Guns:
- 4 × fixed forward-firing .30 in (7.6 mm) Browning machine guns in the wing
- 2 × flexible mount .30 in (7.6 mm) or .303 in (7.7 mm) machine guns in rear cockpit
- Bombs:
- 2 × internal 500 lb (230 kg) bombs
- 2 × 250 lb (110 kg) bomb on wing racks
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