Vickers F.B.19
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| Role | Single-seat scout |
| Manufacturer | Vickers |
| Designer | G H Challenger |
| First flight | August 1916 |
| Introduction | 1916 |
| Primary users | Royal Flying Corps Russia/USSR |
| Number built | 62 |
The Vickers F.B.19 was a British single-seat scout of the First World War. It was a single-engine, single-bay, unstaggered equal-span biplane.
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[edit] Development
The F.B.19 was designed by G H Challenger and first flew in August 1916. It was ordered by the War Office for the RFC.
[edit] Operational history
Fifty F.B.19s were built and six were sent to France for operational evaluation. They were found to be unsuitable for the fighting conditions then evolving. A number of F.B.19s were sent to Russia. Those which were still crated on the dockside were destroyed by the Royal Navy after the Revolution but some were used by the Bolshevik forces.
Twelve examples of the Mk II, with staggered mainplanes and a 110-hp (82-kW) Le Rhône or Clerget engine, were built. Several were sent to the Middle East in a batch of twelve F.B.19s. From June 1917, these operated in Palestine and Macedonia but they were not popular and no squadron was fully equipped with the type.
[edit] Variants
- F.B.19 Mk I : Single-seat fighter-scout biplane, powered by a 100-hp (75-kW) Gnome Monosoupapa or a 110-hp (82-kW) Le Rhone rotary piston engine.
- F.B.19 Mk II : Single-seat fighter-scout biplane, powered by a 110-hp (82-kW) Clerget or a Le Rhone rotary piston engine.
[edit] Operators
[edit] Specifications (F.B.19)
Data from British Aeroplanes 1914–18[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 18 ft 2 in (5.54 m)
- Wingspan: 24 ft 0 in (7.32 m)
- Height: 8 ft 3 in (2.52 m)
- Wing area: 215 ft² (19.98 m²)
- Empty weight: 900 lb (409 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 1,485 lb (675 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Gnome Monosoupape rotary piston engine, 100 hp (75 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 102 mph (89 knots, 164 km/h) at 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
- Service ceiling: 17,500 ft (5,340 m)
- Endurance: 2¾ hours
- Climb to 10,000 ft (3,050 m): 14 minutes
Armament
- Guns: 1 x 0.303-in Vickers machine gun
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Bruce 1957, p. 688.
- Anrews, C.F. and E.B. Morgan. Vickers Aircraft since 1908. London:Putnam, 1988. ISBN 085177 815 1.
- Bruce, J.M. War Planes Of The First World War: Volume Three Fighters. London: Macdonald, 1969. ISBN 0 356 01490 8.
- Bruce, J.M. British Aeroplanes 1914–18. London:Putnam, 1957.
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