Vickers Vildebeest - Specifications (Vildebeest III)

Specifications (Vildebeest III)

Data from Vickers Aircraft since 1908

General characteristics

• Crew: three, pilot, navigator, and observer
• Length: 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m)
• Wingspan: 49 ft 0 in (14.94 m)
• Height: 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
• Wing area: 728 ft² (67.7 m²)
• Empty weight: 4,773 lb (2,170 kg)
• Loaded weight: 8,500 lb (3,864 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Bristol Pegasus II-M3 air-cooled radial engine, 635 hp (474 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 143 mph (124 knots, 230 km/h)
• Range: 1,250 mi (1,090 nmi, 2,010 km)
• Service ceiling: 19,000 ft (5,800 m)
• Rate of climb: 630 ft/min (3.2 m/s)
• Wing loading: 11.7 lb/ft² (57.1 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.075 hp/lb (0.122 kW/kg)

Armament

• Guns: 1 × fixed, forward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun and 1 × flexible, rearward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun
• Bombs: 1,100 lb (500 kg) of bombs or 1 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo