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DOUGLAS XB-43 JETMASTER
1946
 
BOMBER
  
     
 
 
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DOUGLAS XB-43 JETMASTER
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 BOMBER
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 Douglas Aircraft Company
FIRST FLIGHT :
 MAY 17, 1946
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 NONE
NUMBER BUILT :
 2
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 71 ft 2 in (21.7 m)
LENGTH :
 51 ft 5 in (15.7 m)
HEIGHT :
 24 ft 3 in (7.4 m)
WING AREA :
 563 sq ft (52.3 m sq)
WING LOADING :
  71 lb/ft sq (350 kg/m sq)
POWER LOADING :
 0.20
ASPECT RATIO :
 ---
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 22,890 lb (10,380 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
 40,000 lb (18,000 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 ---
ARMAMENT :
 2 × .50-cal. machine guns Fixed in the lower forward fuselage,
 
 2 × .50-cal M2 Machine Guns in Remotely Operated Tail Mount
OPTIONAL :
 8 × .50-cal. Machine Guns Fixed in Solid Nose - (Attack Version)
PAYLOAD :
 8,000 lbs (3629 kg) of Bombs
POWER PLANT :
 2 x General Electric J35-GE-3 turbojet Engines, Producing 4,000 lbf
 
 (18 kN) each
CREW :
 3 - Pilot, Co-Pilot/Gunner, Bombardier; 2 - Attack Version
 
 
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 507 mph (816 km/h)
CRUISING SPEED :
 ---
LANDING SPEED :
 ---
CLIMB RATE :
 2,470 ft/min (753 m/min)
RANGE :
 1,100 miles (1770 km) with 8000 lb Bomb Load; 2,500 miles
 
 (4,000 km) Max
SERVICE CEILING :
 38,500 ft (11,700 m); 41,800 ft (12741 m) Max
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

  
 
     
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