USA - Naval aviation and armament
Curtiss F11C Goshawk fighter / BFC / BF2C Goshawk diving bomber
BF2C-1 Goshawk
Modification | Purpose | Deliveries | Number of commissioned | Discarding | Differences from the previous modification |
F11C-2 (BFC-2) | fighter - diving bomber | 3/1933 - 12/1934 | 28 | 1938 | 309 km/h, 843 km, fixed chassis |
BF2C-1 | 11/1934 - 12/1934 | 27 | 1935 | folding chassis |
Modification | BF2C-1 |
Wing span, m |
9.60 |
Length, m |
7.62 |
Height, m |
3.23 |
Wings area, m2 |
23.34 |
Empty mass, kg |
1378 |
Full flying-off mass, kg |
1869 |
Engine | 1 Wright R-1820-78 |
Power, h. p. | 750 |
Maximal speed, km/h | 341 |
Cruise speed, km/h | 289 |
Flying range, km | 900 |
Vertical speed, m/s | 11.7 |
Maximal altitude, m | 7400 |
Complement | 1 |
Armament | 2 x 7.6 Browning MG, 431 kg of bombs (1 õ 227-kg, 4 õ 51-kg) |
BFC-2 Goshawk
BF2C-1 Goshawk (VB-5B, Ranger, 1934)
© Ivan Gogin, 2008