Vickers F.B.19
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| Vickers F.B.19 | |
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| Type | Single-seat scout |
| Manufacturer | Vickers |
| Designed by | G H Challenger |
| Maiden flight | August 1916 |
| Introduced | 1916 |
| Primary users | Royal Flying Corps Russia/USSR |
| Number built | 62 |
The Vickers F.B.19 was a British single-seat scout of the First World War. It was a single-engine, single-bay, unstaggered equal-span biplane.
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[edit] Development
The F.B.19 was designed by G H Challenger and first flew in August 1916. It was ordered by the War Office for the RFC.
[edit] Operational history
Fifty F.B.19s were built and six were sent to France for operational evaluation. They were found to be unsuitable for the fighting conditions then evolving. A number of F.B.19s were sent to Russia. Those which were still crated on the dockside were destroyed by the Royal Navy after the Revolution but some were used by the Bolshevik forces.
Twelve examples of the Mk II, with staggered mainplanes and a 110-hp (82-kW) Le Rhône or Clerget engine, were built. Several were sent to the Middle East in a batch of twelve F.B.19s. From June 1917, these operated in Palestine and Macedonia but they were not popular and no squadron was fully equipped with the type.
[edit] Variants
- F.B.19 Mk I : Single-seat fighter-scout biplane, powered by a 100-hp (75-kW) Gnome Monosoupapa or a 110-hp (82-kW) Le Rhone rotary piston engine.
- F.B.19 Mk II : Single-seat fighter-scout biplane, powered by a 110-hp (82-kW) Clerget or a Le Rhone rotary piston engine.
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[edit] Operators
[edit] Specifications (F.B.19)
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General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 18 ft 2 in (5.54 m)
- Wingspan: 24 ft 0 in (7.31 m)
- Height: 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m)
- Wing area: 214.88 ft² (19.97 m²)
- Empty weight: 893 lb (405 kg)
- Loaded weight: lb (670 kg)
- Useful load: lb (kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,477 lb (670 kg)
- Powerplant: 1× Gnome Monosoupape rotary piston 2-blade, 100 hp (75 kW)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: knots (mph, km/h)
- Maximum speed: 85 knots (98 mph, 158 km/h)
- Cruise speed: knots (mph, km/h)
- Stall speed: knots (mph, km/h)
- Range: nm (mi, km)
- Service ceiling 16,995 ft (5,180 m)
- Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s)
- Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
- Power/mass: hp/lb (W/kg)
Armament 1 x 0.303-in Vickers machine gun
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