Vickers Jockey Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Weybridge

First Flight:

April 1930

Jockey:

1 - Vickers

Type Specification

Applies to:

Vickers Type 151 Jockey

Type:

Experimental single seat day 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:

Divided type. Each main wheel supported by axle to fuselage with shock absorber and radius rod to wing. Tail skid

Power Plant:

One 530 hp Bristol Jupiter VIIF engine in nose driving a two blade propeller

Accommodation:

Single seat for pilot in open cockpit

Armament:

Two machine guns in fuselage side

Span:

32 ft 6 in

Length:

23 ft

Height:

8 ft 3 in

Wing Area:

150 sq ft

Empty:

2,260 lb

Gross:

3,161 lb

Max Speed:

218 mph at 10,000 ft

Climb:

4.8 min to 10,000 ft

Absolute Ceiling:

31,000 ft

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