page_title: Westland Wizard
section_title: Specifications (Mk.II)
hierarchical_section_title: Westland Wizard / Specifications (Mk.II)
caption_attribution_description: English: Westland Wizard 3-View drawing from L'Air January 1,1929
context_page_description: The Westland Wizard was Westland Aircraft's first attempt to produce a monoplane fighter. The project was privately funded and the prototype design was done in the spare time of the company's engineers. This all happened during 1926, with high-speed performance as the primary goal.
context_section_description: Data from The Westland "Wizard".
  General characteristics
  Crew: 2
  Length: 26 ft 10 in (8.18 m)
  Wingspan: 39 ft 6 in (12.04 m)
  Height: 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
  Wing area: 238 sq ft (22.1 m²)
  Airfoil: RAF 34
  Empty weight: 2,467 lb (1,119 kg)
  Gross weight: 3,326 lb (1,509 kg)
  Fuel capacity: 68 imp gal (82 US gal; 309 l) fuel ; 5 imp gal (6 US gal; 23 l)
  Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce F.XI V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 490 hp (370 kW)
  Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 188 mph (303 km/h, 163 kn) at 10,000 ft (3,048 m)
  Endurance: 30 minutes at ground level ; plus 2 hours at 15,000 ft (4,572 m)
  Service ceiling: 17,500 ft (5,300 m) 
  Rate of climb: 1,945 ft/min (9.88 m/s) at 10,000 ft (3,048 m)
  Armament
  Guns: 2× Vickers machine guns
  Bombs: 4× 20 pound high explosive bombs.
caption: Westland Wizard 3-View drawing from L'Air January 1,1929
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