CAC

CAC Boomerang

Fighter

  • First flight1942
  • Introduction1943
  • StatusRetired
  • Number built250
Technical data

Specifications

01

Crew & dimensions

Crew
1
Length
25 ft 6 in
Wingspan
36 ft
Height
9 ft 7 in
02

Performance

Maximum speed
305 mph
Range
930 mi
Service ceiling
29,000 ft
03

Powerplant

Powerplant
1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine (1,200 hp)
04

Armament

Armament
Guns: 2 × 20 mm (0.787 in) Hispano or CAC autocannons, 4 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns; Bombs: provision for a bomb, when the large ventral drop tank was not carried

Engines 1

R-1830 R-1830 Piston engines Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp Twin-row radial engine built in very large numbers during the Second World War. Pratt & Whitney · United States→