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GRUMMAN-GENERAL MOTORS TBM-3E AVENGER
1943
 
TORPEDO BOMBER
  
     
   
 
 
 
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GRUMMAN-GENERAL MOTORS TBM-3E AVENGER
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 TORPEDO BOMBER
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, (Later Grumman Aerospace
 
 Corporation)/ General Motors / Eastern Aircraft
FIRST FLIGHT :
 1943
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 1944
NUMBER BUILT :
 646
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 54 ft 2 in (16.51 m)
LENGTH :
 40 ft 11-1/2 in (12.50 m)
HEIGHT :
 16 ft 5 in (5.01 m)
WING AREA :
 490 sq ft (149.4 m sq)
WING LOADING :
 36.5 ft/lbf sq (178 kg/m sq)
POWER LOADING :
 ---
ASPECT RATIO :
 ---
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 10,545 lb (4783 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
 14,160 lb (6423 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 17,895 lb (8117 kg)
ARMAMENT :
 2 x .50-cal M2 Wing Mounted Machine Guns, One in each Wing
 
 1 x 0.50-cal dorsal-mounted M2 Browning machine gun in Powered
 
 Rear-Facing Turret
PAYLOAD :
 2,000 lb (907 kg) of Bombs
POWER PLANT :
 1 x Wright R-2600-20 radial engine, Rated at 1,900 hp
CREW :
 3
 
 
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 251 mph (404 km/h) at Sea Level; 276 mph (444 km/h) at 16,500 ft
 
 (5029 m)
CRUISING SPEED :
 147 mph (236.6 km/h)
LANDING SPEED :
 81 mph (130 km)
CLIMB RATE :
 2,060 ft/min (10.5 m/s)
RANGE :
 1,010 miles (1625 km) w/ Torpedo; 1,920 miles (3090 km) as Scout
SERVICE CEILING :
 30,100 ft (9175 m)
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

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

  
 
     
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