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Specifications
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Role: Carrier-capable fighter/fighter-bomber Crew: 1 Manufacturer: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company |
First flight: N/A Introduction: 1933 Retired: 1949 Number built: 164 + 2 prototypes |
Powerplant:
Manufacturer: Wright
Model: R-1820-04 "Cyclone"
Type: 9-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine
Number: One
Horsepower: 770 hp
Dimensions:
Length: 23 ft 6.25 in (7.17 m)
Wingspan: 31 ft 6 in (9.6 m)
Height: 9 ft 11.5 in (3.03 m)
Wing area: 262 ft² (24.34 m²)
Weights:
Empty weight: 3,326 lb (1,509 kg)
Maximum takeoff weight: 4,552 lb (2,065 kg)
Performance
Maximum speed: 225 mph (362 km/h)
Cruise speed: 157 mph (253 km/h)
Range: 725 mi (1,167 km)
Service ceiling: 27,000 ft (8,230 m)
Rate of climb: 2,150 ft/min (655 m/min)
Armament
Guns: 2 × .30 in (7.62 mm) Browning machine guns
Bombs:
1 × 215 kg (470 lb) bomb on an under-fuselage hardpoint
OR
2 × 53 kg (120 lb) bombs carried, one under each lower wing
Sources:
Wikipedia: Curtiss BF2C Goshawk
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