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NORTHROP XP-61E
1945
 
LONG RANGE FIGHTER - PROTOTYPE
  
     
 
 
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NORTHROP XP-61E
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 LONG RANGE FIGHTER - PROTOTYPE
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 NORTHROP AIRCRAFT COMPANY, INC
FIRST FLIGHT :
 1945
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 1945
NUMBER BUILT :
 2
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 66 ft 0 in (20.11 m)
LENGTH :
 49 ft 7 in (15.11 m)
HEIGHT :
 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
WING AREA :
 662 sq ft (61.49 m sq)
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 21,350 lbs (9684 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
 31,425 lbs (14254 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 40,181 lbs (18226 kg)
ARMAMENT :
 4 x 20 mm Cannons Housed Under Belly and
 
 4 x .50-cal Machine Guns Housed in Nose in Place of Radar
BOMB LOAD :
 --
POWER PLANT :
 2 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-65 Double Wasp Radial Piston Engines,
 
 Rated at 2,000 hp
CREW :
 2 - Pilot and Co-Pilot
   
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 376 mph (605 km/h) at 17,000 ft (5182 m)
CRUISING SPEED :
 --
LANDING SPEED :
 94 mph (151 km/h)
CLIMB RATE :
 To 20,000 ft (6096 m) in 13 min
RANGE :
 2,550 miles (3621 km); 3,750 miles (6035 km) Max
SERVICE CEILING :
 30,000 ft (9144 m)
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Prentice Hall Press. 1988. ISBN 0-13-450454-2.

Gunston, Bill. JANE'S Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New Jersey: Crescent Books, 1992. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.

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

Angelucci, Enzo; Bowers, Peter. The American Fighter - The Definitive Guide To American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present. New York: Orion Books. 1985. ISBN 0-517-56588-9.

  
 
     
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