Westland Wizard Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Westland Aircraft Works, Yeovil

First Flight:

Early 1926

Wizard I:

1 - Westland

Wizard II:

1 - Westland (converted from Wizard I)

Type Specification

Applies to:

Westland Wizard I

Type:

Single seat fighter designed as project by design office

Wing:

Parasol monoplane with unswept untapered wing attached to top of fuselage by bracing struts

Fuselage:

Circular section fuselage

Tail Unit:

Strut braced tailplane with split elevators and single fin and rudder

Landing Gear:

Cross axle type gear attached to fuselage lower longeron by oleo leg and forward radius rod. Tail skid

Power Plant:

One 490 hp Rolls-Royce Falcon F.XI twelve cylinder liquid cooled vee engine mounted in the nose driving a two blade wooden propeller

Accommodation:

Single seat for pilot in open cockpit just aft of wing

Armament:

Two forward firing Vickers machine-guns in troughs in fuselage sides. Four 20 lb bombs under fuselage

Span:

39 ft 6 in

Length:

26 ft 10 in

Height:

9 ft 4 in

Wing Area:

238 sq ft

Empty:

2,352 lb

Loaded:

3,320 lb

Max Speed:

188 mph at 10,000 ft

Rate of Climb:

2,600 ft/min at sea level

Service Ceiling:

17,500 ft

Preserved in British Museums

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