Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket
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| Type: | single-engine small aircraft |
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| First flight: |
1930 |
| Number of pieces: |
32 |
The Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket is a six-seat small aircraft that was built in the 1930s as the successor to the CH-300 Pacemaker by the American manufacturer Bellanca Aircraft Company . The design of the CH-300 was retained and equipped with a more powerful engine - a Pratt & Whitney Wasp . Three copies were bought by the US Navy . Two of these were used for aeronautical research and one was used by the United States Marine Corps as a rescue aircraft. Two sick beds were built in for this. With detailed changes and a more powerful Wasp with 450 PS (331 kW ), the aircraft was also available in a deluxe version for private pilots. Two machines were purchased by the Dominion Newfoundland government, one of which was later transferred to private hands.
variants
- CH-400
- Six-seater universal aircraft, powered by a Wasp - radial engine of the manufacturer Pratt & Whitney
- XRE-1
- Aero- radio research machine , stationed at the Anacostia Navy base.
- XRE-2
- US Navy machine
- XRE-3
- Converted into an ambulance aircraft with two stretcher beds used by the United States Marine Corps.
Military operator
Technical specifications
| crew | 1 |
| Passengers | 5 |
| length | 27.8 ft (8.5 m ) |
| span | 46.3 ft (14.1 m) |
| height | 8.3 ft (2.5 m) |
| Wing area | 273 ft² (25.4 m² ) |
| Empty mass | 2,592 lb (1,176 kg ) |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 4,600 lb (2,087 kg) |
| Top speed | 155 mph (249 km / h) |
| Cruising speed | 130 mph (209 km / h) |
| Rate of climb | 1,250 ft / min |
| Range | 750 mi (1,207 km) |
| Service ceiling | 20,000 ft (6,096 m) |
See also
literature
- Michael JH Taylor: Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . Studio Editions, London 1989, pp. 149 (English).
- Bellanca. Aerofiles, accessed February 1, 2020 .
