Hydravion
Role Flying boat
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs
First flight 1912
Number built 1

The Vickers Hydravion (No.14) was a British seaplane built by Vickers in the early 1910s.

Design

The Hydravion was a large seaplane of biplane configuration, which relied on the design philosophy of Henri Farman by utilizing a pusher engine and the tail being supported on outrigger booms. Only one seaplane version was built, and it crashed at Dartford during early tests.[1][2]

A later version of the Hydravion, the Vickers No. 14B, would have had two 100 hp (75 kW) Gnome 9 Delta engines in tandem configuration buried in the fuselage, driving tractor propellers as well as a nose-mounted 37 mm (1.457 in) semi-automatic cannon.

Specifications

Data from British Aircraft 1809-1914[3]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 3 passengers
  • Length: 43 ft (13 m)
  • Wingspan: 72 ft 8 in (22.15 m)
  • Height: 12 ft 2 in (3.71 m)
  • Wing area: 819 sq ft (76.1 m2)
  • Gross weight: 2,400 lb (1,089 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Gnome 9 Delta 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engines, 100 hp (75 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch pusher propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 51.5 mph (82.9 km/h, 44.8 kn)
  • Stall speed: 32 mph (51 km/h, 28 kn)

References

  1. ↑ Andrews, C.F; Morgan, E.B. (1988). Vickers aircraft since 1908 (New. ed.). London: Putnam. pp. 42–43. ISBN 0-85177-815-1.
  2. ↑ Tagg, Michael H. (2001). British aircraft before the Great War. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub. p. 321. ISBN 978-0764312076.
  3. ↑ Lewis, Peter (1962). British Aircraft 1809-1914. London: Putnam. p. 506.
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