Vickers Type 207
Vickers · United Kingdom · first flew 1933 · bomber
The Vickers Type 207, often known as the Vickers M.1/30, was a single-engine two-seat biplane designed as a shipborne torpedo bomber to an early 1930s specification. Only one was built.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | Mid-mounted, straight |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × piston, nose-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | Single-bay, unstaggered biplane of almost equal span, with the upper wing well above the fuselage on two pairs of V-form struts |
| T — Tail | Conventional |
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Spot it by:
- Single-bay, unstaggered biplane of almost equal span, with the upper wing well above the fuselage on two pairs of V-form struts
- Underslung radiator between the forward undercarriage legs of the split-axle undercarriage
- Folding wings, with Handley Page slots and Frise ailerons on the upper wing
Look for a fabric-covered naval biplane powered by an 825 hp Rolls-Royce Buzzard V-12 with a pilot below the wing leading edge and an observer with a Lewis gun well aft.
Specifications
- The Vickers Type 207 has a length of 13.28 m (44 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 15.24 m (50 ft).
- Its maximum speed is 256 km/h (159 mph).
- Typical crew: 2.
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History
It was built to an Air Ministry specification for a carrier-based torpedo bomber to replace the Blackburn Ripon. Barnes Wallis, newly appointed chief structural engineer, brought new duralumin construction methods from his airship work. It first flew on 11 January 1933 with Mutt Summers at the controls.
Variants
The only notable modification was the addition of 2 degrees of dihedral to the previously flat upper wing.
Where you'll see it
The aircraft was lost in the first fast diving test on 23 November 1933, when structural breakup began with a tailplane failure. The crew survived, and none of the M.1/30 entrants received orders.
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