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TB2F | |
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Role | Torpedo bomber |
Manufacturer | Grumman |
Status | Cancelled at mockup stage |
The Grumman TB2F was a prototype, twin-engined torpedo bomber, intended as Grumman's successor to the successful TBF Avenger. However, only a mockup was ever constructed.
In 1944, during World War II, the Midway class aircraft carriers were being built, and Grumman attempted to design a new torpedo bomber to accompany those carriers. However, it was soon decided that, among other difficulties, it would be impracticable to efficiently deploy twin-engined aircraft of this size from an aircraft carrier, and the plans were scrapped.
Specifications
Data from A Tracker Before Its Time?[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 3
- Length: 52 ft 0 in (15.85 m)
- Wingspan: 74 ft 0 in (22.56 m) (Folded span: 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m))
- Height: 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m)
- Max takeoff weight: 43,937 lb (19,929 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 1,960 US Gallon internal fuel
- Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-22 Double Wasp radial engine, 2,100 hp (1,600 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 271 kn (312 mph, 502 km/h)
- Stall speed: 61.8 kn (71.1 mph, 114.4 km/h)
- Ferry range: 2,352 nmi (2,707 mi, 4,356 km)
- Service ceiling: 31,600 ft (9,600 m)
Armament
- Guns:
- 1× 75 mm cannon and 6× .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns forward firing
- 2× .50 in machine guns each in dorsal and ball turrets
- Bombs: 1× Mark 13 torpedo or 3,500 lb (1,600 kg) bombs or mines in bomb bay
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grumman military aircraft.
- Notes
- ^ Pelletier 2002, pp. 99–101
- Bibliography
- Johnson, E.R. (2008). American Attack Aircraft Since 1926. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-3464-0.
- Pelletier, Alain J. "A Tracker Before Its Time?: Grumman's Heavyweight XTB2F-1". Air Enthusiast, No. 98, March/April 2002. ISSN 0143-5450. pp. 48–53.