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Type: Interceptor & Fighter-Bomber Origin: Grumman Crew: One Model: XP-50 First Flight: May 14, 1941 Production: 1 Prototype Engine: Model: Wright R-1820-67/69 Type: Nine-cylinder radial air-cooled engines Number: Two Horsepower: 1,200 hp Dimensions: Wing span: 42 ft. 0 in. Length: 31 ft. 11 in. Height: 12 ft. 0 in. Wing Surface Area: 304 sq. ft. Weights: Empty: 8,307 lb. Loaded: 10,558 lb. Maximum: 13,060 lb. |
Performance: Maximum Speed: 424 mph at 25,000 ft. Time to 20,000 ft.: 5 minutes Service Ceiling: 40,000 Maximum Range (181 Imp. Gal.): 585 miles at 317 mph Maximum Range (375 Imp. Gal.): 1,250 miles Armament: Two 20mm cannon Ammunition: 60 rounds per gun Two .50 in. machine guns Ammunition: 500 rounds per gun Bomb load: Two 100 lb bombs. |
The Complete Encyclodepia of World Aircraft, 1997, Barnes & Nobles Books, ISBN: 0 7607 0592 5
Green, William - War Planes Of The Second World War - Fighters - Vol. 4, 1964, Doubleday And Company, Inc., New York
