The Avro Vulcan is a jet-powered, tailless, delta-wing, high-altitude, strategic bomber used by the RAF from 1956 to 1984.
General characteristics
- Crew: 5 (pilot, co-pilot, AEO, Navigator Radar, Navigator Plotter)
- Length: 97 ft 1 in (29.59 m)
- Wingspan: 99 ft 5 in (30.30 m)
- Height: 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
- Wing area: 3,554 sq ft (330.2 m2)
- Airfoil: root: NACA 0010 mod.; tip: NACA 0008 mod.
- Empty weight: 83,573 lb (37,908 kg) equipped and crewed
- Max takeoff weight: 170,000 lb (77,111 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 9,280 imp gal (11,140 US gal; 42,200 l); 74,240 lb (33,675 kg)
- Powerplant: 4 × Bristol Olympus Mk.101 / Mk.102 / Mk.104 twin-spool turbojet engines, 11,000 lbf (49 kN) thrust each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 561 kn (646 mph, 1,039 km/h) at altitude
- Maximum speed: Mach 0.96
- Cruise speed: 493 kn (567 mph, 913 km/h) / M0.86 at 45,000 feet (14,000 m)
- Range: 2,265 nmi (2,607 mi, 4,195 km)
- Service ceiling: 55,000 ft (17,000 m)
- Thrust/weight: 0.31
Armament
- 21 × 1,000 pounds (454 kg) of conventional bombs
- 1 × Blue Danube nuclear gravity bomb
- 1 × Violet Club 400 kt nuclear gravity bomb
- 1 × U.S. Mark 5 nuclear gravity bomb supplied under Project E
- 1 × Yellow Sun Mk.1 400 kt nuclear gravity bomb
- 1 × Yellow Sun Mk.2 1.1 Mt thermonuclear gravity bomb
- 1 × Red Beard nuclear gravity bomb
- 1 × WE.177B parachute-retarded nuclear gravity bomb
WW3 - Trumpeter - 1:144 - Avro Vulcan B.MK2 - TRU03931
SKU: TRU03931
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