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Страна: Великобритания

Год: 1913

Fighter

C.Andrews Vickers Aircraft since 1908 (Putnam)

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   In 1913, Type 18, the E.F.B.2, appeared as an unstaggered biplane with slight overhang on the top wings and with large celluloid windows in the sides of the nacelle. It was flown frequently at Brooklands by Capt Wood and Harold Barnwell during that year, and was powered by a 100 hp Gnome monosoupape rotary engine. E.F.B.3 or No. 18B appeared in December 1913 with the side windows deleted and with ailerons replacing the wing warping. It was shown at the 1914 Olympia Aero Show. An order for six modified No. 18Bs, known as Vickers Type 30s, was placed in December 1913 by the Admiralty. However, before delivery was effected the Type 18B design was still further improved; the contract was taken over by the War Office, and this led to the prototype E.F.B.5, which retained the semicircular tailplane characteristic of the early Type 18.
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   Another Vickers design prepared early in 1914 was the S.B.1 school biplane, based on the E.F.B.3 but with the gunner's cockpit replaced with a pupil's position fitted with dual controls. The engine intended for this development was to have been the 100 hp Anzani static radial


   E.F.B.2 E.F.B.3
   Type 18 Type 18B
Accommodation: Pilot and Pilot and
   gunner gunner
Engine: 100 hp Gnome 100 hp Gnome
   monosoupape monosoupape
Span: 38 ft 7 in 37 ft 4 in
Length: 29 ft 2 in 27 ft 6 in
Height: 9 ft 7 in 9 ft 9 in
Wing Area: 380 sq ft 385 sq ft
Empty Weight: 1,050 lb 1,050 lb
Gross Weight: 1.760 lb 1.680 lb
Max Speed: 60 mph at 60 mph at
   ground level ground level
Service Ceiling:
Initial Climb: 200 ft/min 300 ft/min
Range: 150 miles 300 miles
Armament: One Vickers One Vickers

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Описание:

  • C.Andrews Vickers Aircraft since 1908 (Putnam)
  • M.Goodall, A.Tagg British Aircraft before the Great War (Schiffer)
  • P.Lewis British Aircraft 1809-1914 (Putnam)
  • H.King Armament of British Aircraft (Putnam)
  • P.Lewis The British Fighter since 1912 (Putnam)
  • F.Mason The British Fighter since 1912 (Putnam)
  • W.Green, G.Swanborough The Complete Book of Fighters
  • Журнал Flight