Vickers Viking - Specifications (Viking IV)

Specifications (Viking IV)

Data from British Flying Boats

General characteristics

• Crew: One: pilot
• Capacity: 3 passengers
• Length: 34 ft 2 in (10.42 m)
• Wingspan: 50 ft 0 in (15.24 m)
• Height: 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)
• Wing area: 635 ft² (59.0 m²)
• Empty weight: 4,040 lb (1,836 kg)
• Loaded weight: 5,790 lb (2,632 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Napier Lion 12-cylinder water-cooled broad arrow piston engine, 450 hp (336 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 113 mph (98 knots, 182 km/h)
• Cruise speed: 91 mph (79 knots, 147 km/h)
• Range: 925 mi (804 nmi, 1,489 km) (long range tanks)
• Endurance: 4 hr 45 min
• Wing loading: 9.12 lb/ft² (44.6 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.078 hp/lb (0.13 kW/kg)
  
• Climb to 3,000 ft (915 m): 3.2 min