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Latest revision as of 17:25, 12 July 2023
Botín A-3 | |
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A Botín A-3 in 1947. | |
Role
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Attack aircraft |
National origin
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Creeperopolis |
Manufacturer
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Botín Aircraft Corporation |
First flight
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1944 |
Introduction
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1944 |
Retired
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1956 |
Status
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Retired |
Primary user
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Creeperian Air Force |
Produced
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1944–1949 |
Number built
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194 |
The Botín A-3 is a Creeperian single-engine piston attack aircraft built by the Botín Aircraft Corporation.
Contents
History
The Botín A-3 was developed by the Botín Aircraft Corporation for the National Council for Peace and Order. The aircraft was produced from 1944 to 1949; it was retired in 1956.
Operators
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 3
- Length: 46 ft 0 in (14.02 m)
- Wingspan: 70 ft 0 in (21.34 m)
- Height: 22 ft 7 in (6.88 m)
- Wing area: 605 sq ft (56.2 m2)
- Empty weight: 18,405 lb (8,348 kg)
- Gross weight: 28,545 lb (12,948 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 34,760 lb (15,767 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 320 US gal (270 imp gal; 1,200 l) fuselage tank - Torpedo bomber mission
- 501 US gal (417 imp gal; 1,900 l) fuselage tank - Bomber mission
- 501 US gal (417 imp gal; 1,900 l) fuselage tank + 273 US gal (227 imp gal; 1,030 l) wing tanks + 2x 300 US gal (250 imp gal; 1,100 l) drop-tanks - Overload scout mission
- Powerplant: 1 × Ribelles A-3 M 28-cylinder 4-row air-cooled radial piston engine, 3,000 hp (2,200 kW)
- Propellers: 8-bladed, 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) diameter forward propeller section 14 ft 3 in (4.34 m) diameter aft propeller section
Performance
- Maximum speed: 340 mph (550 km/h, 300 kn) at 15,600 ft (4,800 m)
- Cruise speed: 168 mph (270 km/h, 146 kn)
- Range: 1,250 mi (2,010 km, 1,090 nmi)
- Ferry range: 2,880 mi (4,630 km, 2,500 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 24,500 ft (7,500 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,390 ft/min (7.1 m/s)
- Wing loading: 47.2 lb/sq ft (230 kg/m2)
- Power/mass: 0.1053 hp/lb (0.1731 kW/kg)
Armament
- Guns:
- 4 × wing mounted 0.50 in (13 mm) machine guns
- 2 × 0.50 in (13 mm) machine guns in dorsal turret
- 1 × 0.50 in (13 mm) machine gun in ventral bath