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| One prototype first flown on 12 January 1931. No production.
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| CREW | 4 |
| ENGINE | 4 x 480hp Rolls-Royce F.XIVS |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 11668 kg | 25724 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 27.43 m | 90 ft 0 in |
| Length | 20.35 m | 67 ft 9 in |
| Height | 6.81 m | 22 ft 4 in |
| Wing area | 178.19 m2 | 1918.02 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 258 km/h | 160 mph |
| Ceiling | 7681 m | 25200 ft |
| Range | 1852 km | 1151 miles |
| ARMAMENT | 2 x 7.7mm machine-guns, 12 x 110kg bombs |
| Terrence I. Murphy, e-mail, 13.02.2012 17:51 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 four 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. reply |
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