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Vulcan Bomber
 
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Specifications (Vulcan B.1)

 

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 (30.3 m)
  • Height: 26 ft 6 in (8.0 m)
  • Wing area: 3554 ft² (330.2 m²)
  • Empty weight: 83,573 lb (including crew) (37,144 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 170,000 lb (77,111 kg)
  • Powerplant: 4× Bristol Olympus 101, or 102 or 104, with higher thrust turbojet, 11,000 lbf (49kN) each

 

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 0.96 Mach (627 mph, 830 km/h 607 mph (1040 km/h) at altitude))
  • Cruise speed: 0.86 Mach at 45,000 ft (567 mph, 971 km/h)
  • Range: 2,607 Miles (4,171 km)
  • Service ceiling: 55,000 ft (16,760 m)
  • Thrust/weight: 0.31

 

Armament

 

  • 21,000 lb (9,500 kg) of conventional bombs or single free-fall nuclear weapon

 

Crew (All Mks):

Pilot, Co-Pilot, Navigator Plotter, Navigator Radar and Air Electronics Officer
(two extra seats could be fitted for Crew Chiefs if required, for a total of seven crew).

 

Fuel capacity and range are for main tanks only.

Various combinations of extra bomb bay tankage (A, E or Drum) could be fitted dependent on the aircraft sortie requirements.

 

  • B 1 (early production): --- (included in build total below)
  • B 1 (later production) --- 45 built
  • B 2 --- 89 built
  • B 1a (B 1 converted to B 2 Spec internally.) 28 converted from B 1
  • B 2a --- B 2 conversions
  • B 2 (MRR)/SR 2 --- 11 converted (only 9 in existence at any one time.)
  • B 2 K --- six converted – from three B 2 & three B 2(MRR)
  • Total build 136