Vickers Venom Aircraft
Venom, Copyright: Arvo Vercamer | |
Production Details | |
Design Company: |
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Weybridge & Hurn |
First Flight: |
17 June 1936 |
Type 279 Venom: |
1 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Type Specification | |
Applies to: |
Vickers Type 279 Venom |
Type: |
Single seat day and night fighter |
Wing: |
Low wing cantilever monoplane. Metal structure with smooth skin metal covering |
Fuselage: |
Oval metal structure |
Tail Unit: |
Cantilever monoplane type. Metal framework, with fixed surfaces covered with metal and movable surfaces with fabric |
Landing Gear: |
Retractable type. Wheels retract inwardly into wing roots |
Power Plant: |
One 625 hp Bristol Aquila A.E.3S nine cylinder radial geared and supercharged air cooled sleeve valve engine. Three bladed De Havilland controllable pitch airscrew |
Accommodation: |
Enclosed cockpit for pilot |
Armament: |
Eight Browning guns in wing |
Dimensions | |
Span: |
32 ft 9 in |
Length: |
24 ft 2 in |
Height: |
10 ft 9 in |
Wing Area: |
146 sq ft |
Weights | |
Gross: |
4,156 lb |
Performance | |
Max Speed: |
312 mph at 16,250 ft |
Initial Rate of Climb: |
3,000 ft/min |
Service Ceiling: |
32,000 ft |
Preserved in British Museums | |
None known | |
Web Sites | |
None known |