Project Description

MPH
350
WEAPONS
6
SEATS
1
P-40 Warhawk
Role: Single Seat Fighter Bomber
National Origin: United States
Manufacturer: Curtiss-Wright Corporation
First Flight: 1938
Primary User: US Army Air Forces, Royal Air Forces, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force
Number Built: 13,738
WIP
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 33 ft 4 in (10.16 m)
- Wingspan: 37 ft 3.5 in (11.36 m)
- Height: 12 ft 4 in (3.76 m)
- Wing area: 236 sq ft (21.92 m²)
- Airfoil: root: NACA2215 ; tip: NACA2209
- Empty weight: 6,000 lb (2,722 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 7,740 lb (3,511 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Allison V-1710-81 Vee piston engine rated at 1,200 hp (895 kW)
- Propellers: 3-bladed Curtiss electric constant-speed propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: ~350 mph (563 km/h) at 15,000 ft (4570 m)
- Cruise speed: 308 mph (496 km/h; 268 kn)
- Range: 1,080 miles (1738 km) with auxiliary fuel and 360 miles (579 km) with standard fuel
- Service ceiling: 31,000 ft (9,450 m)
- Rate of climb: 14,000 ft (4265 m) in 6 minutes 42 seconds
- Wing loading: 35.1 lb/sq ft (171 kg/m2)
- Power/mass: 0.14 hp/lb (0.23 kW/kg)