History
Flight trials with HMS Queen Elizabeth
- First flight1942
- IntroductionDecember 1942
- StatusPrototype
- Number built7,14
Specifications
01
Crew & dimensions
- Crew
- 2
- Length
- 36 ft 8 in
- Wingspan
- 49 ft 9 in
- Height
- 13 ft 2 in
02
Performance
- Maximum speed
- 295 mph
- Range
- 777 km
- Service ceiling
- 29,100 ft
03
Powerplant
- Powerplant
- 1 × Wright R-2600-20 Twin Cyclone 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine (1,900 hp)
04
Developed from
- Developed from
- Guns: 2 × 20 mm AN/M2 cannon in the wings, 2 × 0.30 in M1919 Browning machine guns in the rear cockpit, 4 X 0.50 in M2 Browning machine guns, two each in gunpods mounted on underwing hardpoints (optional); Bombs: in internal bay: 2000 lb of bombs or 1 × Mark 13-2 torpedo, on underwing hardpoints: 500 lb of bombs each; Rockets: 8 × 5 in High Velocity Aircraft Rockets
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