Maroto A-2
| Maroto A-2 | |
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| A Maroto A-2 in 1931. | |
Role
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Torpedo bomber |
National origin
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 Creeperopolis
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Manufacturer
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Maroto Aircraft Company |
First flight
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1929 |
Introduction
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1929 |
Retired
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1949 |
Status
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Retired; 8 aircraft on display |
Primary user
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Creeperian Navy |
Produced
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1929–1936 |
Number built
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57 |
The Maroto A-2 is a Creeperian twin-engine piston biplane torpedo bomber built by the Maroto Aircraft Company. It was the first twin-engine aircraft built by Maroto Aircraft.
Contents
History
The Maroto A-2 was built by the Maroto Aircraft Company for the Creeperian Navy and could be converted into either a landplane of a floatplane. It entered service with the navy in 1929 as a torpedo bomber. The biplane saw service with both the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council and the National Council for Peace and Order during the Creeperian Civil War. The aircraft was retired in 1949 following the end of the civil war. Of the 57 aircraft built, 8 survived the civil war and are on display at the Adolfosburg Naval Museum.
Operators
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 4
- Length: 42 ft (13 m) (landplane)
- 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m) (floatplane)
- Wingspan: 57 ft (17 m)
- Height: 15 ft 11 in (4.85 m) (landplane)
- 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m) (floatplane)
- Wing area: 886 sq ft (82.3 m2)
- Empty weight: 6,011 lb (2,727 kg) (landplane)
- 6,528 lb (2,961 kg) (floatplane)
- Gross weight: 9,986 lb (4,530 kg) (landplane)
- 10,503 lb (4,764 kg) (floatplane)
- Max takeoff weight: 10,523 lb (4,773 kg) (landplane)
- 11,040 lb (5,010 kg) (floatplane)
- Powerplant: 2 × Reyes A-2 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 525 hp (391 kW) each
- Propellers: 3-bladed fixed-pitch metal propellers
Performance
- Maximum speed: 125 mph (201 km/h, 109 kn) at sea level (landplane)
- 124 mph (108 kn; 200 km/h) at sea level (floatplane)
- Range: 457 mi (735 km, 397 nmi) (landplane)
- 384 mi (334 nmi; 618 km) (floatplane)
- Ferry range: 454 mi (731 km, 395 nmi) (floatplane)
- Service ceiling: 13,830 ft (4,220 m) (landplane)
- 11,400 ft (3,500 m) (floatplane)
- Time to altitude: 5,000 ft (1,500 m) in 5 minutes 54 seconds (landplane)
- 5,000 ft (1,500 m) in 7 minutes 42 seconds (floatplane)
- Wing loading: 11.4 lb/sq ft (56 kg/m2) (landplane)
- 11.9 lb/sq ft (58 kg/m2) (floatplane)
- Power/mass: 0.105 hp/lb (0.173 kW/kg) (landplane)
- 0.1 hp/lb (0.16 kW/kg) (floatplane)
Armament
- Guns: *2 × .30 in (7.62 mm) Figueroa-30 machine guns
- Bombs: *1 ×1,618 lb (734 kg) torpedo or equivalent bombload
