Maroto Botín MB-6
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| Maroto Botín MB-6 | |
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| A Maroto Botín MB-6 in 1986. | |
Role
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Troop transporter/passenger airliner |
National origin
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 Creeperopolis
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Manufacturer
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Maroto Botín Aerospace Corporation |
First flight
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9 July 1952 |
Introduction
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12 December 1952 |
Status
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In limited service |
Primary users
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Creeperian Airlines (historical) Creeperian Air Force (historical) Sequoyah National Airways |
Produced
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1952–1962 |
Number built
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458 |
Developed from
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Maroto MA-4 |
Developed into
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Maroto Botín MB-7 |
The Maroto Botín MB-6 is a Creeperian four-engine piston aircraft built by the Maroto Botín Aerospace Corporation.
Contents
History
The Maroto MA-6 was developed by the Maroto Botín Aerospace Corporation. The aircraft was developed from the Maroto MA-4 after a request from National Imperial Airways, the national airline of Creeperopolis, after it rejected the proposed Maroto Botín MB-5 for being too short-range.
The MB-6 first flew in 1952 and entered service with both National Imperial Airways and the Creeperian Air Force that same year. The aircraft continues to be in limited service.
Operators
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 3
- Capacity: 48–68 passengers
- Length: 100 ft 7 in (30.66 m)
- Wingspan: 117 ft 7 in (35.84 m)
- Height: 28 ft 5 in (8.66 m)
- Wing area: 1,463 sq ft (135.9 m2)
- Empty weight: 52,567 lb (23,844 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 97,200 lb (44,089 kg)
- Fuel capacity: ~4,260 US gal (3,550 imp gal; 16,100 l)
- Powerplant: 4 × Reyes Ribelles M-MB6 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) each at 2,300 rpm and 6,700 ft (2,000 m)
- Propellers: 3-bladed
Performance
- Cruise speed: 311 mph (501 km/h, 270 kn) 65% power at 15,000 ft (4,600 m)
- Range: 3,983 mi (6,410 km, 3,461 nmi) maximum
- Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,600 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,070 ft/min (5.4 m/s)
- Wing loading: 24.3 lb/sq ft (119 kg/m2)
- Power/mass: 0.11 hp/lb (0.18 kW/kg)
