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