US Standard Aircraft Characteristics Reports

[jedi25]

I found this link on another website and taught I would share it wth you all..

The website contain histortic USA reports on Standard Aircraft Characteristics..scroll down to see list of US aircraft and reports.

Some of you may find it use full and some may not..

http://www.alternatewars.com/SAC/SAC.htm


Here is a link to the site home page where you can explore other info on WWII
http://www.alternatewars.com/

[J.A.W.]

Great stuff, thanks, man.

Check out that Valkyrie - what a beast..

[SmokinLoon]

Great find, thanks for sharing!

I had forgotten about the Goblin.  Quite the smurfy little aircraft.   

[jedi25]

These are the kind of data I am always searching for to use and compare to aceshigh plane spec..

[jedi25]

Is the F2A Buffalo the same plane called brewster buffalo?

[Wildcatdad]

Is the F2A Buffalo the same plane called brewster buffalo?

I believe so. The one we have is the f2a -3 i think.

[Karnak]

I believe so. The one we have is the f2a -3 i think.

No, we have the B-229, an export version of the F2A1.

The F2A3 was the final, overweight version that garnered the Buffalo its horrible reputation.

[Saxman]

I believe so. The one we have is the f2a -3 i think.

No, we don't. We have the B-239, which isn't particularly related to any of the US variants (though I think it's closest to the F2A-1) and was exclusively used by the Finns. The B-239 was a heavily stripped-down export version that removed the radio, most of the armor, and I believe all the US instrumentation, gunsights, etc, before they were sent overseas.

The F2A-3 was heavily overloaded and underpowered, and had completely different performance capabilities.

The Brewster variants are pretty confusing to keep track of, though. You had several B-339s, whose characteristics varied significantly depending on who got them:

By all accounts, the B-339C and D sent to the Dutch were fairly sweet machines that acquitted themselves well against the Ki-43, as like the 239 was stripped of much of the excessive weight that plagued the F2A-3. The Dutch were just overwhelmed by sheer numbers.

The B-339E the British got, on the other hand, was as badly overloaded as the F2A-3 (if not WORSE, as it received a less powerful engine than the US and Dutch Brewsters).

[jedi25]

Thanks for clearing this up for me guys..

[J.A.W.]

Buffalo... poor little bugger..
Brewster were a bit flim-flam in their business model..

The British Commonwealth AFs in Singapore stripped the junk out of theirs too,
but equatorial weather was a big ask for its radial mill to run WEP for long
esp' compared to icy Finland..

Still,  an RNZAF ace - Geoff Fisken - shot down e/a in his,
& even had a few complimentary things to say about the thing..

[Saxman]

When asked about the Brewster in an interview after the war, Boyington went off on a profanity-riddled tirade about how much of a dog it was. But then he turned right around and gushed about how sweet of a ride the -2 (which was much lighter than the -3) was.

[FLOOB]

The Finns added pilot armor to it and it still weighed less when they were done with. It ended up weighing something like 4500 pounds. Less than half the weight of a hellcat.

[FLOOB]

Yep, Pappy said that before the navy had its way with it, it could turn around inside a phone booth.