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Huff Daland XHB 1

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Top speed
  
175 km/h

Length
  
18 m

Wingspan
  
26 m

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Manufacturer
  
Huff-Daland Aero Corporation

The Huff-Daland XHB-1 "Cyclops" was a 1920s American prototype heavy bomber designed and built by the Huff-Daland company.

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The XHB-1 was designed as an enlarged version of the earlier LB-1 powered by a single 750 hp Packard 2A-2540 nose-mounted engine. It had a crew of four and had a 4000 lb bomb load. The Army decided not to order the Cyclops into production as it had decided single-engined aircraft were not suitable for the role.

A twin-engined version was developed as the XB-1 Super Cyclops.

Operators

 United States
United States Army Air Corps

Specifications (XHB-1)

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General characteristics

  • Crew: 4 (pilot, co-pilot, rear gunner, navigator/ventral gunner)
  • Length: 59 ft 7 in (18.17 m)
  • Wingspan: 84 ft 7 in (25.79 m)
  • Height: 17 ft 2 in (5.23 m)
  • Gross weight: 16834 lb (7636 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Packard 2A-2540, 750 hp (560 kW)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 109 mph (175 km/h)

    • References

    Huff-Daland XHB-1 Wikipedia
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