Twin engine fighters in service as of January 1938
Spartan SP.34 Cutlass (F-14)
General Type:
Airplane = 1
Airship = 2
Orbiter = 3
1
Year of First Flight: 1935
Description
Conventional Aircraft
Monoplane
Conventional Fuselage
A twin-engined monoplane long-range fighter-bomber. Armament 2x20mm cannon, 3x 13mm HMG, 2x 500lb bombs underwing. 8mm rear armoured bulkhead. A design spawned from a heavy fighter requirement, the Cutlass used design elements from the Vanquish bomber series.
Characteristics:
Weight (maximum) 22,000 lbs
Weight (empty) 16,721 lbs
Length 46.5 ft
Wingspan 72 ft
Wing Area 718 sq ft
Sweep 5 degrees
Engines 2
Ripon R-1200-012A
Piston
1,200 hp
at 15,000 ft
Crew 2
Typical cost $0.096 million in 1936
Total number procured 500
Performance:
Top Speed 265 kts = 305 mph
at 16,000 ft
Mach N/A
Operational Ceiling 24,500 ft
Range 954 nm = 1,099 miles
with 1,201 lbs payload
1,313 lbs released at halfway point
Climb 1,255 fpm
Cruise 244 kts = 281 mph
at 10,000 ft
Corner Speed 217 KIAS =
273 kts at 15,000 ft
Mach N/A
Turning Rate 23.3 deg/sec
Radius 2,275 ft
Internal Data:
Intake / Fan Diameter 9 ft
Bypass Ratio 81.85
Engine Weight 1240 lbs
Overall Efficiency 22.5 percent
Structural Factor 1.00
Number of Wings 1
Number of Fuselages 1
Limiting Airspeed 350 kts
Wing Ultimate g Load 9.00 g
Wing Taper 0.2
Wing Thickness at Root 1 ft
Tail / Canard Factor 0.5
Number of Nacelles 2
Length 20 ft
Diameter 2.5 ft
Fullness 0.3
Fuselage Diameter 4.5 ft
Fuselage Fullness 0.4
Pressurized Volume 0 percent
Cargo Decks 1
Cleanness 62 percent
Unstreamlined section 2.5 sq ft
User equipment 2,000 lbs