| Manufacturer |
Vickers |
Short Brothers |
| Description |
The Vickers Valetta is a twin-engine military transport aircraft developed and produced by the British manufacturing company Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. |
The Short R.24/31 (or Short S.18 and nicknamed the Knuckleduster) was a British twin-engined, high-wing cantilever gull winged monoplane flying-boat designed and built by Short to Air Ministry specification R.24/31 for a "General Purpose Open Sea Patrol Flying Boat". |
| First Flight |
1947-06-30 |
1933-11-30 |
| Service End |
|
1938-01-01 |
| Designer |
Vickers |
(Sir) Arthur Gouge |
| Type |
Military transport aircraft |
General purpose flying-boat |
| Length (m) |
18.8976 |
19.2024 |
| Height (m) |
5.7912 |
5.7912 |
| Cockpit Crew |
4 |
5 |
| Max Seating |
34 |
|
| Max Speed (km/h) |
415.2108 |
241.4016 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
276.8072 |
|
| Max Ceiling (m) |
6553.2 |
4724.4 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
6.477 |
4.064 |
| Armament |
|
3 x Lewis Guns; underwing bomb racks for:; 2× 500 lb (230 kg) bombs or ; 4× 240 (110 kg) bombs |
| Capacity Description |
34 troops or 20 paratroops |
|
| National Origin |
United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
| Number Built |
262 |
1 |
| Powerplant Description |
2 × Bristol Hercules 230 14-cylinder radial piston engine, 1491 kW (2000 hp) each |
2 × Rolls-Royce Goshawk VIII steam-cooled V12 engines, 578 kW (775 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
Royal Air Force |
Short Brothers, Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment (MAEE), Felixstowe |
| Status |
|
Prototype |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Valetta |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Knuckleduster |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
27.1272 |
27.432 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
81.9405 |
106.5598 |
| Aircraft Engine |
Bristol Hercules |
Rolls-Royce Goshawk |
| Number of Engines |
2 |
2 |