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Avro 618 Ten & 619 Five

The Avro 618 Ten was a passenger transport aircraft of the 1930s.

It was a licensed version by Avro of the Fokker F.VIIB/3m.

Variants

Type 618 Ten

10 seat civil transport aircraft.

Type 619 Five

5 seat civil transport aircraft.

Scaled down version of Avro Ten.

Three 105 hp (78 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major 1 engines.

Type 624 Six

6 seat civil transport aircraft.

Revised version of Avro Five with accommodation for two pilots and four passengers.

Three Genet engines again, the outer engines in fairings merged into the underside of the wings.

Specifications

Crew

2

Capacity

8 passengers

Length

47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)

Wingspan

71 ft 3 in (21.72 m)

Height

12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)

Wing area

772 sq ft (71.7 m2)

Empty weight

6,020 lb (2,731 kg)

Max take-off weight

10,600 lb (4,808 kg)

Powerplant

3 × Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVB or IVC 7 cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines,

240 hp (180 kW) each

Propellers

2 bladed fixed pitch propellers

Performance

Maximum speed

115 mph (185 km/h, 100 kn)

Cruise speed

100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn)

Range

400 mi (640 km, 350 nmi)

Service ceiling

16,000 ft (4,900 m)

Rate of climb

675 ft/min (3.43 m/s).

 

 

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