Curtiss XBTC

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XBTC / XBT2C
Type	Attack aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
Maiden flight	26 August 1944
Introduced	1947
Retired	1953
Primary user	United States Navy
Number built	151

The Curtiss XBTC (company Model 96) was an experimental single-seat, single-engine torpedo bomber aircraft of World War Two. The XBT2C (Model 98) was a two-seat version with less-powerful engine and radar.

Contents 1 Design and development 2 Operators 3 Specifications (XBT2C-1) 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Design and development

The Curtiss XBTC-1 (Model 96) was a low-wing monoplane with retractable tailwheel landing gear which used a 3,000 hp (2,238 kW) Pratt & Whitney R4360-14 Wasp Major radial engine. It was entered in a 1943 United States Navy competition against the Douglas XBT2D-1 Destroyer II, Martin XBTM-1 Mauler, and Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK-1. Before it first flew, a slightly different version of the R-4360 engine was installed, with the revised designation XBTC-2. Despite its power and "first-class performance and weapon-carrying capacity",^[1] it lost to the XBTD-1 (as the redesignated AD-1 Skyraider) and the BTM-1 (now AM-1) Mauler, which were already building.

The XBT2C-1 (Model 98), produced in March 1945, used a smaller Wright R-3350-24 radial engine and reduced armament to allow two seats and the fitting of radar, which was carried in a pod under the starboard wing. Nine of ten projected aircraft were built. They were Curtiss' last type for the U.S. Navy.

[edit] Operators

 United States

• United States Navy

[edit] Specifications (XBT2C-1)

General characteristics

• Crew: 1 or two
• Length: 39 ft 2 in (11.94 m)
• Wingspan: 47 ft 7 in (14.5 m)
• Height: 12 ft 1 in (3.68 m)
• Wing area: 416 ft² (38.65 m²)
• Empty weight: 12,268 lb (5,565 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 19,000 lb (8,618 kg)
• Powerplant: 1× Wright R-3350 Cyclone radial engine, 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 330 mph (knots, 531 km/h)
• Range: 1,310 mi (nm, 2,108 km)
• Service ceiling 26,300 ft (8,015 m)

Armament

• Guns: 4× 20 mm (0.79 in) cannon (wing)
• Bombs: 2000 lb (907 kg) or one torpedo

[edit] See also

Comparable aircraft

• A-1 Skyraider
• AM Mauler
• Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK
  

Related lists

• List of attack aircraft
• List of military aircraft of the United States (naval)
  

[edit] References

• Donald, David, general editor. Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Etobicoke, Ontario: Prospero Books, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.

[edit] External links

• Mauler (AM)
• AirToAirCombat.Com: Martin AM-1 Mauler

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