Vickers F.B.9
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Vickers F.B.9 | |
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Role | Fighter |
Manufacturer | Vickers |
First flight | 5 Jan 1916[1] |
Introduction | 24 Jan 1916[2] |
Primary user | U.K. (RFC/RAF) |
Number built | 95? [3] |
Developed from | Vickers F.B.5 |
Wingspan | 10.3 m (33 ft 9 in) [3][2] |
Engine | 100hp Ghome Monosoupape or 110hp Le Rhône rotary |
Armament | front flexible Lewis or Vickers |
Crew | 2 |
Max Speed | 127 km/h (79 mph)[2] - 134 km/h (83 mph)[3] |
Climb | 300 m (1,000 ft) in 2:30[3] 610 m (2,000 ft) in 5:20[3] 910 m (3,000 ft) in 7:45[3] 2,000 m (6,500 ft) in 19:00[3][2] 3,000 m (10,000 ft) in 51:00[3][2] |
Ceiling | 3,400 m (11,000 ft)[3] |
Endurance | 5:00 [3][2] |
The Vickers F.B.9 was a development of the Vickers F.B.5 with rounded wing-tips, a vee undercarriage, and extra room in the nose for the gunner's legs. The early models featured a rounded D-shaped nose, but later models extended the bottom fuselage further. Most F.B.9s went to training units.[3], but the first had gone to France for operational testing in January and several others were shipped over in May-June 1916 where they served over the Battle of the Somme. By 21 July 1916, they had all been withdrawn, so their operational lifetime was brief.[4]
Around 75 were delivered as trainers, a role they played into 1918.[4]
For more information, see Wikipedia:Vickers F.B.5.
Timeline [note 1]
Game Data
Wings of Glory
Availability | Maneuver | Damage | Dmg Points | Max Alt. | Climb |
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16Q1-16Q3 | XC | B | 11 | 8 | 8 |
Miniatures and Models
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Resources
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References
- Notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- J.M. Bruce. British Aeroplanes 1914-18. Great Britain: Funk & Wagnalls, 1957, 1969. ISBN 0370000382
- J.M.Bruce and G.S.Leslie, R.L. Rimell, ed., "Vickers FB9". Windsock International, Vol.10, No.6 Nov/Dec 1994. UK: Albatros Publications Ltd.
- Ian Philpott, The Birth of the Royal Air Force. Great Britain: Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2013. ISBN 978-1-78159-333-2