Vickers F.B.25

The Vickers F.B.25 was a British two-seat night fighter prototype of World War I designed to attack enemy airships. Completed in 1917 it failed in its official flight tests that year and no order for production resulted.

The Vickers F.B.25 was a British two-seat night fighter prototype of World War I designed to attack enemy airships.1

Made by Vickers.

Height Main
363.22
Height Alt
3.38 m
Length Alt
8.56 m
Jet Or Prop
prop
Loaded Weight Main
2454.0
Max Speed Alt
75
Type Of Prop
water-cooled V-8 engine
Endurance
14400.0
Max Speed Main
86 mph
Power Main
150 hp
Max Speed More
at 5
000 ft
Ceiling Main
11500.0
Number Built
1
Crew
2
Span Main
1295.4
Area Main
500.0
Primary user
RFC
Span Alt
12.65 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
112.0
Engine(prop)
Hispano-Suiza
Propeller Or Rotor
propeller
Manufacturer
Vickers
First Flight
Spring 1917
Loaded Weight Alt
1115.0
More Performance
1630.0
Number Of Props
1
Guns
1
Empty Weight Alt
731.0
Length Main
855.98
Area Alt
46.5 m²
Similar Aircraft
*Royal Aircraft Factory N.E.1
Empty Weight Main
1608.0
Ceiling Alt
3
506 m
Category
British fighter aircraft 1910-1919

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