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The SBN was a three-place mid-wing monoplane scout bomber built by the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . Its design was patterned after the Brewster '''XSBA-1''' of 1935 . The landing gear was similar to that on the Brewster F2A fighters. The SBN had rigid, i.e., not folding, wings with perforated flaps.

Obsolescent before their deliver in 1941 , the thirty Aircraft were used in organizing Torpedo Squadron Eight in 1941 and then passed on for use as trainers.


SPECIFICATIONS (SBN-1)


General characteristics

  • Crew: three, pilot, navigator, gunner

  • Length: 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m)

  • Wingspan: 39 ft 0 in (11.89 m)

  • Height: 8 ft 7 in (2.64 m)

  • Wing area: 259 ft² (24.1 m²)

  • Empty: lb ( kg)

  • Loaded: lb ( kg)

  • Maximum takeoff: 3,759 lb (3,066 kg)

  • Powerplant:Wright XR-1820 -22 Cyclone radial, 950 hp (709 kW)



Performance

  • Maximum speed: 254 mph (409 km/h)

  • Range: 1,015 miles (1,633 km)

  • Service ceiling: 28,300 ft (8,625 m)

  • Rate of climb: ft/min ( m/min)

  • Wing loading: lb/ft² ( kg/m²)

  • Power/mass: hp/lb ( kW/kg)



Armament

  • 1× rearward-firing, flexible 0.30 machine gun

  • up to 500 lb (227 kg) of bombs



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