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Vought SBU Corsair

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Top speed
  
330 km/h

Length
  
8.48 m

Wingspan
  
10 m

Manufacturer
  
Vought

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The Vought SBU-1 Corsair was a two-seat, all-metal biplane dive bomber built by Vought Aircraft Company of Dallas, Texas for the US Navy. Its design was based upon the F3U-1 two-seat fighter that was abandoned when the Navy decided not to build any more two-seat fighters.

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Design and development

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The aircraft was equipped with a closed cockpit, had fixed landing gear, and was powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-1535 radial air-cooled engine as had the F3U-1, but also included a controllable pitch propeller and a new NACA cowl with adjustable cowling gills on the trailing edge of the cowl. The adjustable cowling gills permitted better control of cooling airflow over the engine.

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The SBU-1 completed flight tests in 1934 and went into production under a contract awarded in January 1935. The Corsair was the first aircraft of its type, a scout bomber, to fly faster than 200 mph. The last SBU Corsairs were retired from active service in 1941, being reassigned as trainers.

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The name "Corsair" was used several times by Vought's planes; the O2U/O3U, SBU, F4U, and the A-7 Corsair II.

Operators

 Argentina
  • Argentine Navy
    •  United States
  • United States Navy

    • Variants

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    XF3U-1
    Two-seat fighter prototype with a 700 hp R-1535-64 engine.
    XSBU-1
    The XF3U-1 converted to scout bomber prototype with a 700 hp R-1535-96 engine, later used as an engine test bed.
    SBU-1
    Original production order; 84 aircraft with 750 hp R-1535-82 engine.
    SBU-2
    Follow-on order; 40 aircraft with R-1535-98 engines.
    Model V.142A
    Export version for Argentina.

    Specifications (SBU-1)

    Data from United States Navy Aircraft since 1911

    General characteristics

  • Crew: two: pilot, navigator/gunner
  • Length: 27 ft 10 in (8.49 m)
  • Wingspan: 36 ft 3 in (10.14 m)
  • Height: 11 ft 11 in (3.63 m)
  • Wing area: 327 ft2 (30.4 m2)
  • Empty weight: 3,645 lb (1,659 kg)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 5,520 lb (2,509 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1535-80 Twin Wasp Junior 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine, 700 hp (522 kW)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 178 knots (205 mph, 330 km/h) at 8,900 ft (2,700 m)
  • Cruise speed: 106 knots (122 mph, 196 km/h)
  • Range: 477 naut mi (548 mi, 882 km)
  • Service ceiling: 23,700 ft (10,800 m)
  • Rate of climb: 1,180 ft/min (6.0 m/s)

    • Armament

  • Guns: 1x Fixed forward firing .30 in (7.62 mm) Browning machine gun and 1x machine gun flexibly mounted .30 in machine gun in rear cockpit
  • Bombs: 1x 500 lb (227 kg) bomb

    • References

    Vought SBU Corsair Wikipedia
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