PBNA B-38 Eclipsă
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| B-38 Eclipsă | |
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| A B-38 Eclipsă at an airfield, 1943 | |
Role
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Bomber |
National origin
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 Pavulturilor
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Manufacturer
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Pavulturilori National Aviation Bureau |
First flight
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1937 |
Introduction
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1938 |
Retired
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1952 |
Primary user
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 Pavulturilori Air Force
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Number built
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72 |
The B-38 Eclipsă was a Pavulturilori twin-engine bomber and reconnaissance aircraft with a wood and metal structure that saw service in the Royal Pavulturilori Air Force and was used in several conflicts from its introduction in 1938 until its retierment in 1952.
Development
Operational History
Variants
Specifications (B-38 Eclipsă.3-B)
General characteristics
- Crew: 5
- Length: 16.82 m (55 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
- Height: 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in) tail down
- Wing area: 60.6 m2 (652 sq ft)
- Airfoil: root: NACA 2418; tip: NACA 2412
- Empty weight: 6,400 kg (14,110 lb)
- Gross weight: 11,785 kg (25,981 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Junkers Jumo 211F V-12 inverted liquid-cooled piston engines, 980 kW (1,320 hp) each
- Propellers: 3-bladed constant-speed propellers
Performance
- Maximum speed: 436 km/h (271 mph, 235 kn) at 6,000 m (19,685 ft)
- Range: 1,750 km (1,090 mi, 940 nmi)
- Ferry range: 1,900 km (1,200 mi, 1,000 nmi)
- Endurance: 5 hours
- Service ceiling: 9,000 m (30,000 ft)
- Take-off run: 400 m (1,300 ft)
- Landing run: 350 m (1,150 ft)
Armament
- Guns:
- 5 x 7.92 mm machine guns
- 1 x 20 mm cannon
- Bombs: 1500 kg of bombs
