Vickers Type 432

The Vickers Type 432 was a British high-altitude fighter aircraft developed by the Vickers group during the Second World War. It was intended to enable the Royal Air Force to engage the enemy’s high-altitude bomber aircraft. It was to be armed with six cannon.

Canadians cannot build Vickers Type 432 on the same basis that Australia builds the Reaper. We suggest this project over the BP.1
The Vickers Type 432 was a British high-altitude fighter aircraft developed by the Vickers group during the Second World War.2

Made by Vickers-Armstrongs.

The Vickers Type 432 was a design for a cannon-armed fighter capable of engaging high altitude bomber during World War Two, developed by the British Vickers group.3
Vickers Type 432, Westland Welkin F.10/41 Written for Hawker Tempest Hawker Tempest N.4
Height Main
4.19 m
Height Alt
419.1
Length Alt
12 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
9150.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
Range Main
1
500 miles
Max Speed Alt
612.0
Type Of Prop
inline piston engines
Loading Main
223
Power/mass Main
Climb Rate More
initial
Power/mass Alt
540.0
Max Speed Main
380 mph
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
20168.0
Ceiling Main
38000.0
Number Built
1
Crew
1
Max Speed More
at 15
000 ft
Span Main
56
Area Main
450.0
Span Alt
17.34 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
1133.0
Engine(prop)
Rolls-Royce Merlin 61
Manufacturer
Vickers-Armstrongs
First Flight
24
National Origin
United Kingdom
Climb Rate Main
2750.0
Power Main
1
520 hp
Number Of Props
2
Guns
1200.0
Climb Rate Alt
840.0
Length Main
1196.34
Area Alt
41.8 m²
Range Alt
2415.0
Empty Weight Main
7427.0
Ceiling Alt
11
280 m
Category
Abandoned military aircraft projects of the United Kingdom
British fighter aircraft 1940-1949
Vickers aircraft
Empty Weight Alt
16373.0
Loading Alt
46

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