| Manufacturer |
William Beardmore and Company |
Avro |
| Description |
The Beardmore W.B.IV was a British single-engine biplane ship-based fighter of World War I developed by Beardmore. |
The Avro 626 is a single-engined British biplane trainer aircraft produced by Avro during the (1918-1939) inter-war period. |
| First Flight |
1917-01-01 |
1930-01-01 |
| Service End |
|
1945-01-01 |
| Designer |
G. Tilghman Richards |
Roy Chadwick |
| Type |
|
General purpose |
| Length (m) |
7.9248 |
7.9248 |
| Height (m) |
2.7432 |
2.7432 |
| Cockpit Crew |
1 |
2 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
177.0278 |
180.2465 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
|
152.8877 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
4267.2 |
4511.04 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
|
4.4704 |
| Armament |
1x synchronized .303 in Vickers machine gun and one Lewis gun on tripod mounting |
|
| Endurance (h) |
2 |
|
| National Origin |
United Kingdom |
|
| Number Built |
1 |
198 |
| Powerplant Description |
1 × Hispano-Suiza 8B V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 149 kW (200 hp) each |
1 × Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVC 7-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 157 kW (210 hp) each |
| Status |
Prototype |
|
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beardmore_W.B.IV |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_626 |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
10.668 |
10.3632 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
32.5161 |
27.8709 |
| Aircraft Engine |
Hispano-Suiza 8 |
|
| Number of Engines |
1 |
1 |