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Vickers Type 123

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Top speed
  
239 km/h

Length
  
8.69 m

Manufacturer
  
Vickers Limited

Wingspan
  
10 m

Retired
  
1930

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The Vickers Type 123 was a 1920s British single-seat biplane fighter designed and built by Vickers Limited as a private venture. The only Type 123 was later modified into the Type 141 but, not winning any orders, it was scrapped in 1930.

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Design and development

The Type 123 was a conventional biplane powered by a 400 hp (298 kW) Hispano-Suiza T52 (Hispano 12 Jb) engine, built at Weybridge Aerodrome in 1926. It was registered as G-EBNQ in February 1926 and first flew on 11 September 1926. In 1927 it had a 480 hp (358 kW) Rolls-Royce F.XI engine fitted and was redesignated Type 141. It competed unsuccessfully in an Air Ministry fighter procurement competition in January 1928. It was then modified as a fleet fighter to meet Specification 21/26 and carried out trials on HMS Furious in June 1929. Without winning any orders the aircraft was scrapped in 1930.

Specifications (Type 123)

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General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Length: 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
  • Wingspan: 34 ft 0 in (10.37 m)
  • Height: 9 ft 4 in ( 2.85 m)
  • Wing area: 378 ft2 ( 35.12 m2)
  • Empty weight: 2278 lb (1033 kg)
  • Gross weight: 3300 lb (1497 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza T52, 400 hp (298 kW)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 149 mph (239 km/h)
  • Rate of climb: 1,515 ft/min ( (to 1,515m, 5,000 ft) 7.7 m/s)

    • Armament

  • 2× Vickers machine guns in fuselage-side blisters

    • References

    Vickers Type 123 Wikipedia
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