Westland Wyvern Aircraft

Wyvern TF.1, Yeovilton

Production Details

Design Company:

Westland Aircraft Limited

First Flight:

16 December 1946

W.34:

6 - Westland

Wyvern TF.1:

7 - Westland

Wyvern TF.2:

14 - Westland

Wyvern T.3:

1 - Westland

Wyvern S.4:

96 - Westland

Type Specification

Applies to:

Westland Wyvern S.4

Type:

Carrier-borne strike aircraft designed to Specification N.11/44

Wing:

Low wing cantilever monoplane. All metal construction, swept and tapered wing

Fuselage:

All metal fuseslage

Tail Unit:

Single fin rudder with tailplane at base. Finlets above and below tailplane

Landing Gear:

Retractable main gear retract inwards into wing root. Tail wheel retracts forward into fuselage

Power Plant:

One 4,110 ehp Armstrong Siddeley Python A.S.P.3 axial flow propeller turbine driving a eight-blade contra-rotating propeller

Accommodation:

Single seat for pilot in enclosed cockpit above the wing

Armament:

Four fixed 20 mm guns in the wings and provision for 16 rockets or single torpedo or 3 1,000 lb bombs

Span:

44 ft

Length:

42 ft 3 in

Height:

15 ft 9 in

Wing Area:

355 sq ft

Empty:

15,608 lb

Loaded:

21,200 lb

Max Speed:

383 mph at sea level

Climb:

2,350 ft/min at sea level

Service Ceiling:

28,000 ft

Range:

904 miles

Preserved in British Museums

Wyvern TF.1:

VR137 - Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton - Display

Web Sites