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Bell XP-83
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Read on Wikipedia- First flight1945
- StatusPrototype
- Number built2
Specifications
01
Crew & dimensions
- Crew
- 1 (engineer's station fitted to first prototype, with an entrance door under the fuselage)
- Length
- 44 ft 10 in
- Wingspan
- 53 ft
- Height
- 15 ft 3 in
02
Performance
- Maximum speed
- 522 mph
- Range
- 1,730 mi
- Service ceiling
- 45,000 ft
03
Powerplant
- Powerplant
- 2 × General Electric XJ33-GE-5 centrifugal-flow compressor turbojet engines ( hp / shp / 4,000 lbf)
04
Armament
- Armament
- Guns: 6 ×.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 machine guns or, 6 ×.60 in (15.2 mm) T17E3 machine guns (prototypes) or, 4 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Hispano cannons or, 1 × 37 mm (1.46 in) cannon in the nose; Bombs: 2 × 1000 lb bombs
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