Specifications (SBU-1)
Data from United States Navy Aircraft since 1911
General characteristics
- Crew: two: pilot, navigator/gunner
- Length: 27 ft 10 in (8.49 m)
- Wingspan: 36 ft 3 in (10.14 m)
- Height: 11 ft 11 in (3.63 m)
- Wing area: 327 ft² (30.4 m²)
- Empty weight: 3,645 lb (1,659 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 5,520 lb (2,509 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1535-80 Twin Wasp Junior 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine, 700 hp (522 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 178 knots (205 mph, 330 km/h) at 8,900 ft (2,700 m)
- Cruise speed: 106 knots (122 mph, 196 km/h)
- Range: 477 naut mi (548 mi, 882 km)
- Service ceiling: 23,700 ft (10,800 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,180 ft/min (6.0 m/s)
Armament
- Guns: 1x Fixed forward firing .30 in (7.62 mm) Browning machine gun and 1x machine gun flexibly mounted .30 in machine gun in rear cockpit
- Bombs: 1x 500 lb (227 kg) bomb
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