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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk "Flying Tiger"-- 1:72 metal diecast scale model
wingspan: 6-inches
The Curtiss
P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal
fighter-bomber that first flew in 1938. It was the third most-produced
American fighter of World War II, after the North American P-51 Mustang
and Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. By November 1944, when production of the
P-40 ceased, 13,738 had been built at Curtiss-Wright Corporation's main
production facilities in Buffalo, New York. The airplane became famous as
the Flying Tigers in China prior to the US entering WWII.
Specifications of real airplane:
Crew: One
Length: 31 ft 8.5 in
(9.665 m)
Wingspan: 37 ft 3.5 in (11.367 m)
Airfoil: root: NACA2215;
tip :NACA2209
Empty weight: 5,922 lb (2,686 kg)
Gross weight: 8,515
lb (3,862 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Allison V-1710-39 V-12 liquid-cooled
piston engine, 1,240 hp (920 kW)
Propellers: 3-bladed Curtiss-Wright
electric constant-speed propeller
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