Specifications (SB2C-4 Helldiver)
Data from United States Navy Aircraft since 1911
General characteristics
- Crew: Two, pilot and radio operator/gunner
- Length: 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m)
- Wingspan: 49 ft 9 in (15.17 m)
- Height: 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m)
- Wing area: 422 ft² (39.2 m²)
- Empty weight: 10,547 lb (4,794 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 16,616 lb (7,553 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-2600-20 Twin Cyclone radial engine, 1,900 hp (1,417 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 295 mph (257 knots, 475 km/h) at 16,700 ft (5,090 m)
- Cruise speed: 158 mph (137 knots, 254 km/h)
- Range: 1,165 mi (1,013 nmi, 1,876 km) with 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombload
- Service ceiling: 29,100 ft (8,870 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,800 ft/min (9.1 m/s)
Armament
- Guns:
- 2 × 20 mm (.79 in) cannon in the wings
- 2 × 0.30 in (7.62 mm) M1919 Browning machine guns in the rear cockpit
- Bombs: in internal bay: 2,000 lb (900 kg) of bombs or 1 × Mark 13-2 torpedo
on underwing hardpoints: 500 lb (225 kg) of bombs each
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