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Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk

40.2k Typhoon03  5.9 years ago

Not mine! All credit goes to Turdy1.
This little biplane was operated from aircraft carriers. The difference was that these aircraft carriers were in the sky; they were the Akron-class airships, each capable of carrying up to five of these fighter/reconnaissance aircraft. The planes themselves had a top speed of 176mph (this plane is a LITTLE faster) and were launched and recovered from a under-slung trapeze, using the hook mounted on the upper wing. Unlike this aircraft the real version had fixed landing gear, synchronised guns and an external fuel tank (represented here by the bomb, a weapon that was not fitted to the original aircraft). This model is in the colours of an aircraft of the USS Macon.

General Characteristics

  • Successors 2 airplane(s)
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 26.0ft (7.9m)
  • Length 20.8ft (6.3m)
  • Height 11.4ft (3.5m)
  • Empty Weight 4,528lbs (2,054kg)
  • Loaded Weight 5,461lbs (2,477kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.274
  • Wing Loading 19.7lbs/ft2 (96.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 277.6ft2 (25.8m2)
  • Drag Points 1459

Parts

  • Number of Parts 44
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 251