Specifications (O-38B)
Data from "United States Military Aircraft Since 1909" by F. G. Swanborough & Peter M. Bowers (Putnam New York, ISBN 0-85177-816-X) 1964, 596 pp.
General characteristics
- Crew: two
- Length: 32 ft (9.75 m)
- Wingspan: 40 ft (12.2 m)
- Height: 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)
- Wing area: 371 ft2 (34.5 m2)
- Empty weight: 3,072 lb (1,393 kg)
- Loaded weight: 4,458 lb (2,022 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 5,401 lb maximum (2,500 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1690-5, 525 hp (391.5 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 149 mph (240 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 128 mph (206 km/h)
- Range: 563 miles (906 km)
- Service ceiling: 19,750 ft (6,020 m)
- Rate of climb: 943.4 ft/min (287.5 m/min)
Armament
- 2 × .30-cal (7.62 mm) machine guns, one fixed forward-firing and one flexible plus 4 × 100 lb bombs
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