Boeing XP3B
The Boeing XP3B-1 (company designation Model 466) was a proposed patrol aircraft, developed by Boeing for use by the United States Navy in the late 1940s.[1] It was planned to be powered by two Allison T40 turboprops driving contra-rotating propellers, and utilized tandem landing gear. The project was cancelled before any aircraft were built.[2]
Specifications
Data from Bowers[1]
General characteristics
- Length: 108 ft 11 in (33.20 m)
- Wingspan: 125 ft (38 m)
- Height: 32 ft 10 in (10.01 m)
- Wing area: 1,400 sq ft (130 m2)
- Empty weight: 66,000 lb (29,937 kg)
- Gross weight: 127,000 lb (57,606 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Allison T40-A-2 turboprops, 5,200 shp (3,900 kW) each
- Propellers: 6-bladed, 17 ft (5.2 m) diameter
Performance
- Maximum speed: 395 kn; 731 km/h (454 mph)
References
- Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bowers 1989, p.568.
- ↑ Andrade 1979, p.206.
- Bibliography
- Andrade, John. U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Hinckley, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1979. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.
- Bowers, Peter M. Boeing Aircraft since 1916. London: Putnam, Third edition, 1989. ISBN 0-85177-804-6.
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