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Some pros and cons of the Lanc (and all its varients)
1) Max Service ceeling 25,000 feet. (Yup, that's right)
2) Up till 1944 ALL Lancs were gunned by .303s NOT .50 cals. The reason for this being that as they flew unescorted, at night, they needed to limit the range of the guns so they didnt end up shooting each other down (.303s very nasty at close range, utterly useless at long range)
After 1944 Lancasters were opperated in daylight, and equiped with .50 cals for both daylight and night opps. But they were still vunerable.
3) Payload unmodified 14,000 lbs. Usual Pay load was 4,000 cookie, 8, 0000lbs eggs and 2,000 incend.
4) Dont expect climb to be more than 250 feet/min
5) But as a bombing platform, this was the best in terms of pay load till the B29 arrived.
Lancaster Mk.I/III
Lancaster Mk.II
Lancater Mk.BI (Special) - Grandslam
General Lancaster Data
Crew of seven:
Pilot, Flight Engineer, Navigator, Bomber Aimer, Wireless Operator and two Air Gunners.
Engines:
Mk.I
Four Rolls-Royce Merlin XX or 22, 12 cylinder 60 degree vee-type liquid cooled inline engines with two stage supercharger.
Mk.II
Four Bristol Hercules VI or XVI, 14 cylinder sleeve-valve, air cooled radial engines with two stage centrifugal superchargers.
Mk.III
Four Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin 224, 12 cylinder 60 degree vee-type liquid cooled inline engines with two stage supercharger.
Mk.X
Four Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin 224, 12 cylinder 60 degree vee-type liquid cooled inline engines with two stage supercharger.
Dimensions:
Span : 102'-0" (31.09 m)
Length : 69'- 6" (21.18 m) - tail up
: 68'-10" (20.98 m) - tail down
Height : 20'- 6" ( 6.25 m) - tail up
: 20'- 4" ( 6.30 m) - tail down
Undercarriage track: 23'-9" (7.24 m)
Wing Area : 1,300 sq.ft (120.80 sq.m)
Tailplane Area: 237 sq.ft (22.0 sq.m)
Tail Fin and Rudder Area: 111.40 sq.ft (10.35 sq.m)
Weights:
Tare : 36,000 lbs. (16,740 kg)
Empty Equipped: 41,000 lbs. (18,600 kg)
Loaded Weight : 45,000 lbs. (20,412 kg)
Normal Gross : 55,000 lbs. (30,840 kg)
Max. Take-off : 72,000 lbs. (32,660 kg)
Performance For Merlin Equipped Lancaster's
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Maximum speed at normal weight:
271 mph (436 km/h) @ 6,250 ft (1,905 m)
281 mph (452 km/h) @ 11,000 ft (3,350 m)
Maximum weak mixture curising speed:
227 mph (365 km/h)
Most economical curising speed:
216 mph (346 km/h) @ 20,000 ft (6,100m)
Maximum permissible diving speed:
360 mph (579 km/h)
Time to climb to 20,000 ft (6,100 m):
41.6 minutes
Rate of climb:
250 ft (76 m) per minute
Service ceiling at maximum weight:
20,000 ft (6,100 m)
Service ceiling at mean weight:
24,500 ft (7,470 m)
Runway length required to take-off and reach 50 ft (15 m) at maximum weight:
1,550 yards (1,420 m)
Landing distance from 50 ft (15 m) at mean weight:
1,000 yards (915 m)
Range:
1,040 miles (1,670 km) with 10,000 lbs (4,540 kg) of bombs.
2,680 miles (4,310 km) with 7,000 lbs (3,180 kg) of bombs with an additional 400 gallon (3,180 L) auxiliary fuel tank installed.
Armament for the standard variant:
2 - 0.303" machine guns in front turret, 4 - 0.303" machine guns in rear turret, 2 - 0.303" machine guns in mid-upper turret,
Maximum bomb load:
14,000 lbs. (6,350 kg) standard variant.
22,000 lbs. (9,979 kg) special variant.
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