Handley Page V/1500

Handley Page V/1500 History

Towards the end of World War I (1914-1918), strategic bombers were an integral part of the war. These large and bulky attack platforms were built with range in mind, which for the British meant taking off from Allied airfields and dropping guns at targets as far away as the German capital, Berlin. A postwar product that narrowly failed in the conflict became Handlery Page's large "V/1500", which appeared in 1918 to meet the 1917 British Aviation Commission requirements for the type - especially for night service in the U.S. far away German target area.

The requirement specifies a war load of up to 3,000 pounds and meets the demand within acceptable limits.

Handley Page has extensive experience building long-range bombers through participation in the Handley Page O/100 and O/400 series systems described elsewhere on this site. The V/1500 is in many ways an extension of these two programs, better in terms of range and improved payload.

In the V/1500, the aircraft had a centralized wood and fabric fuselage with an upper and lower biplane wing configuration. The sides of the fuselage are panels, and the upper and lower wing members are connected by parallel struts and applicable guy wires. Four yokes are created in an extensive arrangement. In terms of performance, it featured a unique configuration with 4 Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII engines, each rated at 375 hp, placed in tandem on two nacelles - a "push-pull" type with centralized power. "Configuration. The fin contains four single vertical fins with a dual-wing fin arrangement for guidance.

Ground handling is handled in a typical tail drag arrangement, with a set of wheels located below the front mass of a large aircraft.

When completed, the aircraft will have an overall length of 64 feet, a wingspan of 126 feet, and a height of 12 feet. Curb weight is 15,000 lbs and MTOW is 30,000 lbs. Performance includes a top speed of over 100 mph and a mission duration of 14 hours. In addition to the typical Rolls-Royce Eagle gear, the aircraft can also be equipped with Galloway Atlantic, Napier Lion or Liberty V-12 engines with 500 hp, 450 hp or 400 hp respectively - changing some performance figures.

In all cases, the engine drove a four-bladed wooden (fixed-pitch) propeller.

Crew numbered between 8 and 9, point defense consisted of three positions - nose, back and tail units - and mounted a trainable 0.303" Lewis machine gun. The stern position is noteworthy, as it sits between the four vertical fins at the stern.

The bomber has a war load of up to 7,500 pounds of conventionally dropped bombs that can be stowed in the internal bomb bay - typically 30 x 250 pound dropped bombs.

During the bomber's brief time in the air, as many as 40 V/1500 aircraft were produced with 22 airframes kept as spare parts. The first flight took place on May 22, 1918, and postwar serial production continued until 1921. The series came too late in the First World War and was delivered in November - just before the armistice on November 11, 1918.

The series was eventually succeeded by competitor Vickers Vimy (described in detail elsewhere on this page).

In the post-war world, the V/1500 example recorded the maiden flight from England to India in December 1918 and landing the following month in 1919. The type briefly served in the Third Anglo-Afghan War (May 1919). - August 1919), but more of a psychological than a strategic bombing weapon. One example flew to Canada across the Atlantic, but this one landed in an oil field in Pennsylvania in 1919. Another attempt in Nova Scotia ended with an emergency landing at Parsborough in July 1919.

This model finally delivered the first mail between Canada and the US in October.

Specification

BASIC

Year of Service

1918

Origins

UK

Status

retirement

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Crew

8

Production

40

Manufacturer

Handley Page - UK

Operators

UK

Roles

Ground attack (bombing, strafing)

The ability to conduct air strikes against ground targets using (but not limited to) artillery, bombs, rockets, rockets, etc.

Dimensions and Weight

Length

64.0ft

(19.50m)

Width/span

126. 0 feet

(38.40m)

Height

23. 0 feet

(7.00m)

Cured weight

15,002 lbs

(6,805 kg)

MTOW

30,005 lbs

(13,610 kg)

Wgt Difference

+?15,002

(+6,805 kg)

Performance

Installed:

4 x Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII V-12 375 hp liquid-cooled piston engines (push-pull configuration) driving four-bladed propeller units. Galloway Atlantic 500hp, Napier Lion 450hp and Liberty V-12 400hp were also used.

Maximum speed

103 km/h

(165 km/h | 89 knots)

Maximum

10,007 feet

(3,050 m | 2 km)

Area

1,367 km

(2,200 km | 4,074 nautical miles)

rate of climb

476 ft/min

(145 m/min)

Range (MPH) Subsonic: <614mph | Transonic: 614-921 | Supersonic: 921-3836 | Hypersonic: 3836-7673 | Hypersonic: 7673-19180 | Reentry: > 19030

Weapons

Standard: 1 x .303" Lewis machine gun on a trainable nosepiece. 1 x .303" Lewis machine gun, mounted on a supine trainable stand. 1 x .303" Lewis machine gun mounted on trainable rear mount. Optional: Internal conventional drop/bomb up to 7,500 lbs.