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P-43 LANCER
Specifications - P-43A

Type: Fighter
Manufacturer: Republic Aviation Company
Crew: One
First flight: March 1940
Service Introduction: 1941
Retired: 1944
Number built: 272
   Produced: 1940–1941
Primary users:
– United States Army Air Corps
– United States Army Air Forces
– Chinese Nationalist Air Force
– Royal Australian Air Force
Powerplant:
  Model: Pratt & Whitney R-1830-49
  Type:
    14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
  Number: One
  Horsepower: 1,200 hp (895 kW)
Dimensions:
  Length: 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m)
  Wingspan: 36 ft 1 in (11.0 m)
  Height: 14 ft 1 in (4.3 m)
  Wing area: 222.7 ft² (20.7 m²)

Weights:
  Empty weight: 5,982 lb (2,713 kg)
  Loaded weight: 7,418 lb (3,365 kg)
  Max. takeoff weight: 8,460 lb (3,837 kg)

   Performance:
  Maximum speed: 356 mph (573 kph)
  Range: 650 mi (1,046 km)
  Service ceiling: 35,990 ft (10,970 m)
  Rate of climb: 2,500 ft/min (13 m/s)
  Wing loading: 33 lb/ft² (163 kg/m²)
  Power/mass: 0.16 hp/lb (0.27 kW/kg)

Armament:
– 4 × 0.50 in M2 Browning machine guns.


P-43 Lancer. WRG # 0021464
P-43 Lancer of the Chinese Nationalist AF.
[Source: Martin Kyburz/Swiss Mustangs]

Sources:
Wikipedia
War Planes of the Second World War, Fighters, Volume Four, William Green, Doubleday, 1964.
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