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P-1 (TNCA Pelicano) Flyingboat Patrol Plane

20 in service


Crew: 5 (Pilot, Co-Pilot, Navigator, Radio Operator/Bombardier, Flight Engineer/Gunner)

Length: 69 ft
Wingspan: 120 ft
Height: 17 ft 5 in
Wing area: 1,350 ft²
Empty: 20,000 lb
Loaded: 39,000 lb
Powerplant: 4x Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp, 750 hp each

Maximum speed: 190 mph
Range: 2,500 miles
Service ceiling: 15,700 ft
Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min

Guns: 4× .30 in (7.62 mm) machine guns (2 nose turrent, 2 dorsal turrent)
Max Bombload: 4,000 lb (2,000 kg)

OTL Sikorsky S-42

P-2 (Consolidated P2Y) Flyingboat Patrol Plane

10 in service


General characteristics:
Crew: 5
Length: 61 ft 9 in (18.82 m)
Wingspan: 100 ft 0 in (30.48 m)
Height: 19 ft 1 in (5.82 m)
Wing area: 1514.0 ft² (140.65 m²)
Empty weight: 12769 lb (5792 kg)
Gross weight: 25266 lb (11460 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Wright R-1820-90 Cyclone radial piston, 750 hp (559 kW) each

Performance
Maximum speed: 149 mph (240 km/h)
Cruise speed: 118 mph (189 km/h)
Range: 2650 miles (1899 km)
Service ceiling: 16100 ft (4265 m)
Rate of climb: 650 ft/min (3.3 m/s)

Armament
1 flexible bow-mounted 7.62-mm (0.3-in) M1919 Browning machine gun
2 flexible dorsal-mounted 7.62-mm (0.3-in) Browning machine guns
907-kg (2000-lb) bombload

P-3 (Sienar V-13), Flyingboat Patrol Plane

20 in service


General characteristics
Crew: two pilots
Capacity: 15 passengers
Length: 51 ft 2 in (15.60 m)
Wingspan: 86 ft 0 in (26.21 m)
Height: 17 ft 8 in (5.38 m)
Wing area: 781 ft² (72.5 m²)
Empty: 12,750 lb (5,783 kg)
Loaded: lb ( kg)
Maximum takeoff: 19,096 lb (8,662 kg)
Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney R-1690-52 radials, 750 hp (560 kW) each

Performance
Maximum speed: 190 mph (306 km/h)
Range: 775 miles (1,247 km)
Service ceiling: 20,700 ft (6,310 m)
Rate of climb: ft/min ( m/min)
Wing loading: lb/ft² ( kg/m²)
Power/mass: hp/lb ( kW/kg)

P-4 (Dornier Do-24M), Flyingboat Torpedo/Patrol Plane

10+ on order


Year of First Flight: 1938

Description

Flying Boat / Seaplane
Monoplane
Conventional Fuselage

A Twin Wasp powered version of the WW Do-24K. Armed with 6 MGs in three turrets, and has provision for 2 underwing torpedoes.

Characteristics:

Weight (maximum) 36,300 lbs
Weight (empty) 16,597 lbs

Length 71.5 ft
Wingspan 89 ft
Wing Area 1,148 sq ft
Sweep 5 degrees

Engines 3
Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp R-2000
Piston 1,011 hp at 5,000 ft

Crew 5

Typical cost $0.089 million in 1939
Total number procured 120

Performance:

Top Speed 213 kts = 245 mph
at 5,000 ft
Mach N/A

Operational Ceiling 20,000 ft

Range 2,400 nm = 2,764 miles
with 4,469 lbs payload
5,700 lbs released at halfway point

Climb 1,174 fpm

Cruise 155 kts = 178 mph
at 5,000 ft

Corner Speed 117 KIAS =
126 kts at 5,000 ft
Mach N/A
Turning Rate 15.3 deg/sec
Radius 1,588 ft


Internal Data:

Intake / Fan Diameter 10 ft

Bypass Ratio 91

Engine Weight 1033 lbs
Overall Efficiency 18 percent

Structural Factor 0.95

Number of Wings 1
Number of Fuselages 1

Limiting Airspeed 250 kts
Wing Ultimate g Load 2.50 g
Wing Taper 0.1
Wing Thickness at Root 2.4 ft

Tail / Canard Factor 0.2

Number of Nacelles 3
Length 6 ft
Diameter 4.5 ft
Fullness 0.5

Fuselage Diameter 9 ft
Fuselage Fullness 0

Pressurized Volume 0 percent
Cargo Decks 0.5

Cleanness 65 percent
Unstreamlined section 8.5 sq ft

User equipment 2,000 lbs