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

Span:

32 ft 9 in

Length:

24 ft 2 in

Height:

10 ft 9 in

Wing Area:

146 sq ft

Gross:

4,156 lb

Max Speed:

312 mph at 16,250 ft

Initial Rate of Climb:

3,000 ft/min

Service Ceiling:

32,000 ft

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