Vickers Type 432 - Specifications

Specifications

Data from British Secret Projects Fighters and Bombers 1935-1950

General characteristics

• Crew: 1 Pilot
• Length: 39 ft 3 in (12 m)
• Wingspan: 56 ft 10.5 in (17.34 m)
• Height: 4.19 m (13 ft 9 in)
• Wing area: 450 ft² (41.8 m²)
• Empty weight: 7,427 kg (16,373 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 9,150 kg (20,168 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Merlin 61 inline piston engines, 1,520 hp (1,133 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 380 mph (612 km/h) at 15,000 ft (4,572 m)
• Range: 1,500 miles (2,415 km)
• Service ceiling: 38,000 ft (11,280 m)
• Rate of climb: 2,750 ft/min (14 m/sec) initial
• Wing loading: 223 kg/m² (46 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 0.25 kW/kg (0.15 hp/lb)

Armament

• Guns: 6 × 20 mm Hispano cannon in a ventral gondola