Vickers Type 163

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name = Type 163
type = Bomber
manufacturer = Vickers


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first flight = 12 January 1931
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status = Prototype only
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variants with their own articles = The Vickers Type 163 was a prototype British biplane bomber design of the 1930s built by Vickers-Armstrong.

It was based on the Vickers Vanox (Vickers "Type 150") scaled up to take 4 engines in paired mountings.It was submitted both as a bomber and as a troop carrier to Air Ministry specifications B.19/27 and C.16/28 respectively first flying on 12 January 1931.Only one was produced.

Specifications (Type 163)

aircraft specifications
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ref=The British Bomber since 1914 Mason 1994, p. 228-229]
crew=Four
capacity= Provision for 10 armed troops
length main= 66 ft 9 in
length alt= 20.35 m
span main= 90 ft 0 in
span alt= 27.44 m
height main= 22 ft 4 in
height alt= 6.81 m
area main= 1,948 ft²
area alt= 181.0 m²
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loaded weight main= 25,700 lb
loaded weight alt= 11,680 kg
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engine (prop)=Rolls-Royce Kestrel
type of prop=V-12
number of props=4
power main= 480 hp
power alt= 358 kW
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max speed main= 139 knots
max speed alt= 160 mph, 258 km/h
max speed more= at 6,500 ft (1,980 m)
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range main= 1000 NM
range alt= 1,150 mi, 1,850 km
ceiling main= 25,200 ft
ceiling alt= 7,680 m
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power/mass alt= W/kg
more performance=*Climb to 10,000 ft (3,050 m): 18 min 15 sec

guns= Two .303 in Lewis guns (nose and tail gunners positions)
bombs= Up to Twelve 250 lb (114 kg) bombs under fuselage
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References

* Mason, Francis K. "The British Bomber since 1914". London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1994. ISBN 0-85177-861-5.
* http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=634