Specifications (P-61B-20-NO)
Data from Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II, and Northrop P-61 Black Widow.
General characteristics
- Crew: 2-3 (pilot, radar operator, optional gunner)
- Length: 49 ft 7 in (15.11 m)
- Wingspan: 66 ft 0 in (20.12 m)
- Height: 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
- Wing area: 662.36 ft² (61.53 m²)
- Empty weight: 23,450 lb (10,637 kg)
- Loaded weight: 29,700 lb (13,471 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 36,200 lb (16,420 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-65W Double Wasp radial engines, 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) each
- Propellers: four-bladed Curtiss Electric propeller, 1 per engine
- Propeller diameter: 146 in (3.72 m)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 440 mph (318 kn, 708 km/h) at 33,000 ft
- Combat range: 610 mi (530 nmi, 982 km)
- Ferry range: 1,900 mi (1,650 nmi, 3,060 km) with four external fuel tanks
- Service ceiling: 33,100 ft (10,600 m)
- Rate of climb: 2,540 ft/min (12.9 m/s)
- Wing loading: 45 lb/ft² (219 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.15 hp/lb (25 W/kg)
- Time to altitude: 12 min to 20,000 ft (6,100 m) (1,667fpm)
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