|
| The last Boeing fighter of biplane configuration, the
Model 236 single-seat shipboard fighter was designed
around the 14-cylinder two-row Pratt & Whitney R-1535
Twin Wasp Junior engine rated at 625hp at 1676m. Of all-metal construction with fabric-covered
wings, the Model 236 was assigned the designation
XF6B-1 by the US Navy and flew on 1 February 1933.
Armament comprised two 7.62mm guns and provision was made for a single 227kg bomb or
two 52kg bombs, and on 21 March 1934, the
prototype was assigned the new "bomber-fighter" designation
of XBFB-1. The engine installation and undercarriage
were refined during the test and evaluation
programme, but no production was undertaken.
 | A three-view drawing (1278 x 930) |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 1680 kg | 3704 lb |
| Empty weight | 1038 kg | 2288 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 8.69 m | 29 ft 6 in |
| Length | 6.74 m | 22 ft 1 in |
| Height | 3.22 m | 11 ft 7 in |
| Wing area | 23.41 m2 | 251.98 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 322 km/h | 200 mph |
| Range | 845 km | 525 miles |
| Bob Tufo, e-mail, 11.02.2016 03:34 This is my all time favorite bi-plane , I wish that I could have flown it .
I have my doubts about it flying for China and being shot down ; pure horse ---- . reply | | dawang, 21.06.2011 06:04 Its American pilot scrambled to intercept Japanese fighters in 1935-37 and was shot down. reply | | Aero-Fox, 30.04.2010 20:14 I believe one of these MAY have been demonstrated to the Nationalist Chinese government some time in the 1930s. Its American pilot scrambled to intercept Japanese fighters in 1935-37 and was shot down. reply | | Bob Tufo, e-mail, 30.04.2009 09:02 I think the F6B-1 is the finest looking Bi-Plane of all. reply |
|
Do you have any comments?
|
| 
COMPANY
PROFILE
All the World's Rotorcraft
|
