page_title: Canadian Vickers Vedette
section_title: Specifications (Mk II, Lynx engine)
hierarchical_section_title: Canadian Vickers Vedette / Specifications (Mk II, Lynx engine)
caption_attribution_description: English: Canadian Vickers Vedette 3-view drawing from L'Air June 1,1927
context_page_description: The Canadian Vickers Vedette was the first aircraft in Canada designed and built to meet a specification for Canadian conditions. It was a single-engine biplane flying boat purchased to meet a Royal Canadian Air Force demand for a smaller aircraft than the Vickers Viking with a much greater rate of climb, to be suitable for forestry survey and fire protection work. The type went on to have a long and distinguished career in civil operations in Canada. Most of the topographical maps in use in Canada today are based on photos taken from these aircraft.
context_section_description: Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928, The Canadian Vickers Vedette, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal, October 1964.
  General characteristics
  Crew: 3
  Length: 22 ft 10 in (6.95 m)
  Wingspan: 42 ft 0 in (12.8 m)
  Height: 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)
  Wing area: 483 sq ft (44.9 m²)
  Airfoil: RAF 15
  Empty weight: 1,849 lb (839 kg)
  Gross weight: 3,049 lb (1,383 kg)
  Fuel capacity: 535 lb (243 kg) fuel and oil
  Powerplant: 1 × Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IV 7-cyliner air-cooled radial piston engine, 187 hp (139 kW)
  Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch pusher propeller
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 59 mph (95 km/h, 51 kn) at sea level; 87 mph (76 kn; 140 km/h) at 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
  Cruise speed: 47 mph (75 km/h, 40 kn) at 5,000 ft (1,500 m)
  Endurance: 5 hours
  Service ceiling: 13,000 ft (4,000 m)
  Rate of climb: 650 ft/min (3.3 m/s)
  Time to altitude: 10,000 ft (3,000 m) in 30 minutes
  Wing loading: 6.28 lb/sq ft (30.7 kg/m²)
  Power/mass: 0.059 hp/lb (0.097 kW/kg)
caption: Canadian Vickers Vedette 3-view drawing from L'Air June 1, 1927
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