Curtiss

Curtiss P-36 Hawk

Fighter

Used temporarily from ships / carriers (1941): Flown from USS Enterprise during delivery

  • First flight1935
  • Introduction1938
  • StatusRetired
  • Number built1,115

History

Used temporarily from ships / carriers (1941): Flown from USS Enterprise during delivery

Technical data

Specifications

01

Crew & dimensions

Crew
One
Length
28 ft 6 in
Wingspan
37 ft 4 in
Height
8 ft 5 in
02

Performance

Maximum speed
313 mph
Range
625 mi
Service ceiling
32,700 ft
03

Powerplant

Powerplant
1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-17 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine (1,050 hp)
04

Armament

Armament
Guns: 1 × 0.30 in M1919 Browning machine gun, 1 × 0.50 in M2 Browning machine gun; Bombs: some later fitted with a hardpoint under each wing that could carry a bomb of up to 100 lb or a light bomb rack for three 50 lb, five 20 lb or 30 lb bombs

Engines 1

R-1830 R-1830 Piston engines Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp Twin-row radial engine built in very large numbers during the Second World War. Pratt & Whitney · United States→