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Type: Interceptor Fighter and fighter-bomber Origin: Republic Crew: One Model: XP-72 First Flight: February 2nd, 1944 Production: 3 Prototypes POWERPLANT(S): Model: Pratt & Whitney R-4360-13 Wasp Major Type: 28-Cylinder radial air-cooled engine Number: One Horsepower: 3,450 hp DIMENSIONS: Wing span: 40 ft. 11 in. Length: 36 ft. 7 in. Height: 16 ft. 0 in. Wing Surface Area: 300 sq. ft. WEIGHTS: Empty: 11,476 lb. Loaded: 14,433 lb. Maximum Loaded: 17,490 lb. |
PERFORMANCE: Maximum Speed: 490 mph at 25,000 ft. Cruising Speed: N/A Climb Rate: Initial: 5,280 ft./min. At 25,000 ft.: 3,550 ft./min. Time to Altitude: to 15,000: 3.5 minutes to 20,000: 5 minutes Service Ceiling: 42,000 ft. Absolute Ceiling: N/A Range: Normal: 1,200 miles at 300 mph With two drop tanks: 1,530 mi at 315 mph ARMAMENT: Six .50 in. Browning MG machine guns in wings. Ammunition: 267 rounds per gun BOMB LOAD: Two 1,000 lb bombs. |
Green, William - War Planes Of The Second World War - Fighters - Vol. 4, 1964, Doubleday And Company, Inc., New York
USAF Museum, www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/index.htm, 2005.
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