Specifications (SOC-1 Floatplane)
Data from War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Six: Floatplanes
General characteristics
- Crew: 2, pilot and observer
- Length: 31 ft 5 in (9.58 m)
- Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.98 m)
- Height: 14 ft 9 in (4.50)
- Wing area: 342 ft² (31.8 m²)
- Airfoil: NACA 0010 (upper wing); NACA 2212 (lower wing)
- Empty weight: 3,788 lb (1,722 kg)
- Loaded weight: 5,437 lb (2,471 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340-18 single-row, nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine, 550 hp (410 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 165 mph (143 knots, 266 km/h) at 5,000 ft (1,500 m)
- Cruise speed: 133 mph (116 knots, 214 km/h)
- Stall speed: 55.9 mph (90 km/h)
- Range: 675 mi (587 nmi, 1,086 km)
- Service ceiling: 14,900 ft (4,540 m)
- Rate of climb: 915 ft/min (4.64 m/s)
- Wing loading: 15.9 lb/ft² (77.7 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.10 hp/lb (0.17 kW/kg (9.6 lb/hp))
Armament
- Guns: 1× fixed, forward firing 0.30 in (7.62 mm) Browning M2 AN and 1× flexible mounted rear-firing 0.30 in (7.62 mm) Browning M2 AN machine gun
- Bombs: 650 lb (295 kg) of bombs
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