Specifications (P-63A)
Data from Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 32 ft 8 in (10.0 m)
- Wingspan: 38 ft 4 in (11.7 m)
- Height: 12 ft 7 in (3.8 m)
- Wing area: 248 sq ft (23 m²)
- Empty weight: 6,800 lb (3,100 kg)
- Loaded weight: 8,800 lb (4,000 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 10,700 lb (4,900 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Allison V-1710-117 liquid-cooled V-12, 1,800 hp (1,340 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 410 mph (660 km/h) at 25,000 ft (7,620 m)
- Range: 450 mi (725 km)
- Ferry range: 2200 mi (3,540 km)
- Service ceiling: 43,000 ft (13,100 m)
- Rate of climb: 2,500 ft/min (12.7 m/s)
- Wing loading: 35.48 lb/sq ft (173.91 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.20 hp/lb (0.34 kW/kg)
Armament
- Guns:
- 1× 37 mm M4 cannon firing through the propeller hub
- 4× 0.50 in (12.7mm) M2 Browning machine guns (two in the nose, two in the wings)
- Bombs: 1,500 lb (680 kg) bomb load on wing and fuselage
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