Maroto B-5
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| Maroto B-5 | |
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| A Maroto B-5 in 1950. | |
Role
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Strategic/tactical bomber/attack aircraft |
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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1943 |
Introduction
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1943 |
Retired
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1960 |
Status
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Retired |
Primary user
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Creeperian Air Force |
Produced
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1943–1950 |
Number built
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438 |
The Maroto B-5 is a Creeperian twin-engine piston aircraft built by the Maroto Aircraft Company.
Contents
History
The Maroto B-5 was designed by the Maroto Aircraft Company for service with the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council. The aircraft entered service in 1943 and was retired in 1960.
Operators
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 3
- Length: 47 ft 11+7⁄8 in (14.627 m)
- Wingspan: 61 ft 3.5 in (18.682 m)
- Height: 18 ft 1+1⁄2 in (5.525 m)
- Wing area: 464 sq ft (43.1 m2)
- Empty weight: 16,031 lb (7,272 kg)
- Gross weight: 24,127 lb (10,944 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 400 US gal (330 imp gal; 1,500 l) normal capacity
- 300 US gal (250 imp gal; 1,100 l) in an optional external tank
- 676 US gal (563 imp gal; 2,560 l) in four optional auxiliary tanks in the bomb-bay
- Powerplant: 2 × Reyes B-5 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) each
- Propellers: 3-bladed, 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) diameter
Performance
- Maximum speed: 317 mph (510 km/h, 275 kn) at 10,700 ft (3,300 m)
- 325 mph (282 kn; 523 km/h) at 14,500 ft (4,400 m)
- Cruise speed: 280 mph (450 km/h, 240 kn) at 14,000 ft (4,300 m)
- Stall speed: 98 mph (158 km/h, 85 kn)
- Range: 945 mi (1,521 km, 821 nmi)
- Ferry range: 2,300 mi (3,700 km, 2,000 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 23,700 ft (7,200 m)
- Rate of climb: 2,000 ft/min (10 m/s)
- Time to altitude: 10,000 ft (3,000 m) in 8 minutes 48 seconds
- Wing loading: 52 lb/sq ft (250 kg/m2)
- Power/mass: 0.141 hp/lb (0.232 kW/kg)
Armament
- Guns: ** 6 fixed forward firing 0.5 in (12.7 mm) Figueroa-30 machine guns in the nose
- 2 0.5 in (12.7 mm) Figueroa-30 machine guns in dorsal turret
- 1 flexible 0.5 in (12.7 mm) Figueroa-30 machine gun, mounted behind bomb bay
- Rockets: ** 4 triple tube t30/m10 rocket launchers
- Bombs: 4,000 lb (1,800 kg)
