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Westland Wyvern

 

Wyvern S.4

 

Modification Purpose Deliveries Number of commissioned Discarding Differences from the previous modification
Wyvern S.4 attacker 5/1953 - 1953 87+7 rebuilt from Wyvern TF.2 4/1958 ---

 

Modification

Wyvern S.4

Wing span, m

13.42

Length, m

12.88

Height, m

4.57

Wings area, m2

32.97

Empty mass, kg

7086

Full flying-off mass, kg

11123

Engine 1 Armstrong-Siddeley A.S.P.3 Python 3
Power, h. p. 3670 h. p. + additional 535 kgf (4110 h. p. summary)
Maximal speed, km/h 616
Cruise speed, km/h  
Flying range, km 1440
Vertical speed, m/s 11.9
Maximal altitude, m 8540
Complement 1
Armament 4 x 20 Hispano Mk5 guns, 1362 kg of combat load on 2 wing and 1 hull points (3 454-kg bombs or 1 510-mm torpedo or 1 826-kg mine or 16 11.5-kg or 27-kg rockets)

Wyvern TF.2

 

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