Naval Aircraft Factory SBN
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The SBN was a three-place mid-wing monoplane scout bomber 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 fighters. The SBN had rigid, i.e., not folding, wings with perforated flaps.
Obsolescent before their deliver in 1941, the thirty aircraft were used in organizing Torpedo Squadron Eight in 1941 and then passed on for use as trainers.
Specifications (SBN-1)
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)
- Empty: lb ( kg)
- Loaded: lb ( kg)
- Maximum takeoff: 3,759 lb (3,066 kg)
- Powerplant: 1× Wright XR-1820-22 Cyclone radial, 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)
- Rate of climb: ft/min ( m/min)
- Wing loading: lb/ft² ( kg/m²)
- Power/mass: hp/lb ( kW/kg)
Armament
- 1× rearward-firing, flexible 0.30 machine gun
- up to 500 lb (227 kg) of bombs
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