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Spartan Spectre (Recon)

General Type:
Airplane = 1
Airship = 2
Orbiter = 3
1

Year of First Flight: 1945

Description

Conventional Aircraft
Monoplane
Conventional Fuselage

A four-engined long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft. Armed with a 1x 20mm cannon tail barbette and a fixed 12.7mm HMG in the nose, equipped with up to eight cameras.



Characteristics:

Weight (maximum) 120,000 lbs
Weight (empty) 72,386 lbs

Length 93.2 ft
Wingspan 129 ft
Wing Area 1,640 sq ft
Sweep 2 degrees

Engines 4
Ripon R-3000-04DTS
Piston

3,250 hp
at 20,000 ft


Crew 6


Typical cost $0.918 million in 1945
Total number procured 50


Performance:

Top Speed 350 kts = 403 mph (648 km/h)
at 25,000 ft
Mach N/A

Operational Ceiling 32,500 ft

Range 3,730 nm = 4,295 miles
with 3,225 lbs payload
4,023 lbs released at halfway point

Climb 1,427 fpm

Cruise 290 kts = 334 mph
at 25,000 ft

Corner Speed 264 KIAS =
332 kts at 15,000 ft
Mach N/A
Turning Rate 13.1 deg/sec
Radius 4,908 ft



Internal Data:

Intake / Fan Diameter 16.1 ft

Bypass Ratio 90.1

Engine Weight 3685 lbs
Overall Efficiency 22 percent

Structural Factor 1.00

Number of Wings 1
Number of Fuselages 1

Limiting Airspeed 475 kts
Wing Ultimate g Load 6.00 g
Wing Taper 0.2
Wing Thickness at Root 2.5 ft

Tail / Canard Factor 0.4

Number of Nacelles 4
Length 34 ft
Diameter 4.5 ft
Fullness 0.2

Fuselage Diameter 9.5 ft
Fuselage Fullness 0

Pressurized Volume 12 percent
Cargo Decks 0

Cleanness 95 percent
Unstreamlined section 10 sq ft

User equipment 5,450 lbs