Vickers F.B.19

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Vickers F.B.19
Type	Single-seat scout
Manufacturer	Vickers
Designed by	G H Challenger
Maiden flight	August 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.

Contents 1 Development 2 Operational history 3 Variants 4 Aircraft markings 5 Operators 6 Specifications (F.B.19) 7 References 8 External links 9 Related content

[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
• F.B.19 Mk II

[edit] Aircraft markings

[edit] Operators

•  Soviet Union
•  United Kingdom

[edit] Specifications (F.B.19)

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 18 ft 2 in (5.54 m)
• Wingspan: 24 ft 0 in (7.31 m)
• Height: 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m)
• Wing area: 214.88 ft² (19.97 m²)
• Empty weight: 893 lb (405 kg)
• Loaded weight: lb (670 kg)
• Useful load: lb (kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 1,477 lb (670 kg)
• Powerplant: 1× Gnome Monosoupape rotary piston 2-blade, 100 hp (75 kW)

Performance

• Never exceed speed: knots (mph, km/h)
• Maximum speed: 85 knots (98 mph, 158 km/h)
• Cruise speed: knots (mph, km/h)
• Stall speed: knots (mph, km/h)
• Range: nm (mi, km)
• Service ceiling: 16,995 ft (5,180 m)
• Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s)
• Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
• Power/mass: hp/lb (W/kg)

Armament

1 x 0.303-in Vickers machine gun

[edit] References

1. ^ Virtual Aircraft Museum.

[edit] External links

[edit] Related content