Naval Aircraft Factory SBN
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The SBN was a United States three-place mid-wing monoplane scout bomber/torpedo aircraft built by the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its design was patterned after the Brewster XSBA-1 of 1935. The landing gear was similar to that on the Brewster F2A fighter aircraft. The SBN had rigid, i.e., not folding, wings with perforated flaps.
Obsolescent before their delivery in 1941, the thirty aircraft were used in organizing Torpedo Squadron Eight in 1941 and then passed on for use as trainers.
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This aircraft article is missing some (or all) of its specifications. If you have a source, you can help Wikipedia by adding them.General characteristics
- Crew: three (pilot, navigator, gunner)
- Length: 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m)
- Wingspan: 39 ft 0 in (11.89 m)
- Height: 8 ft 7 in (2.64 m)
- Wing area: 259 ft² (24.1 m²)
- Max takeoff weight: 3,759 lb (3,066 kg)
- Powerplant: 1× Wright XR-1820-22 Cyclone radial engine, 950 hp (709 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 254 mph (409 km/h)
- Range: 1,015 miles (1,633 km)
- Service ceiling 28,300 ft (8,625 m)
Armament
- 1 × rearward-firing, flexible 0.30 machine gun
- Up to 500 lb (227 kg) of bombs
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