Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[dsawan]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon

Code: [Select]

Variants[edit]
[2]

U.S. Army Air Corps[edit]
A-3
Model 44, attack aircraft version of O-1B, armed with two 0.30 in (7.62 mm) machine guns and 200 lb (91 kg) of bombs; 76 built for the USAAC, including 20 diverted from original O-1B contract order.
A-3A
Six A-3s converted into trainers.
A-3B
Model 37H, attack version of O-1E, with six machine guns, including two mounted in wings; 78 built.

Curtiss XA-4 Falcon
XA-4
One A-3 with a Pratt & Whitney R-1340-1 Wasp radial piston engine. Scrapped in March 1932, but the design was the basis for the naval variants.
A-5
Proposed A-3 variant with Curtiss V-1570 Conqueror engine
A-6
Proposed A-3 variant with Curtiss H-1640 Chieftain engine

XBT-4
XBT-4
Model 46, one O-1E converted into a basic trainer for the USAAC.
XO-1
Liberty 12A powered Prototype, later modified to use a Packard 1A-1500, one built.
O-1
Model 37A, two-seat observation aircraft, the first production model, ten built. One converted into the O-1 Special VIP transport.
O-1A
Two-seat observation aircraft, powered by the Liberty piston engine, one built.
O-1B
Model 37B, first major production version, powered by Curtiss D-12D (V-1150-3) engine; 45 ordered, 25 built and 20 diverted on the production line to the A-3.
O-1C
Four O-1Bs converted into VIP transports.
O-1E
Model 37I, variant powered by 324 kW (435-hp) Curtiss D-12E (V-1150-5) piston engine; 41 built.
O-1F
Model 37J, one O-1E converted into VIP transport.
O-1G
Model 38, final O-1 variant, powered by a 712 hp (531 kW) Wright R-1820F-2 Cyclone engine; 30 built for USAAC.
XO-11
Two O-1 modified as O-11 prototypes.
O-11
O-1 airframe powered by the Liberty V-1650 piston engine; 67 built concurrently with the O-1s.
XO-12
One XO-11 prototype redesignated XO-12.
XO-13
O-1 fitted with 720 hp Conqueror engine for the 1927 National Air Races.
XO-13A
Second XO-13, fitted with wing skin radiators.
O-13B
One O-1C fitted with a Conqueror engine, tested as an observation aircraft, and provided to Secretary of War.
YO-13C
Three O-1Es re-engined with 600 hp direct-drive Conqueror engines.
YO-13D
One O-11 fitted with supercharged Conqueror engine.
XO-16
One O-11 with Prestone cooling system.
XO-18
One O-1B testbed for Curtiss H-1640 Chieftain engine.
Y1O-26
One O-1E fitted with a geared Conqueror engine.
O-39
O-1G refitted with a Conqueror engine and cockpit canopy; ten built.
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps[edit]

Marine Corps Curtiss OC-2 Falcon, c. 1929

The XF8C-2 prototype

The XF8C-4 prototype

Curtiss F8C-5 Formation, circa 1930

The XF8C-7
A-3 Helldiver
Registry name of XF8C-8, not adopted by USN.
A-4 Helldiver
Civil version of XF8C-8 for use by Assistant Secretary of Navy David Ingalls. Later redesignated XF8C-7.
XF8C-1
Model 37C variant developed from XO-12; two built for the U.S. Navy.
F8C-1 Falcon
Model 37C powered by the 420 hp (313 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp radial piston engine; four built in 1928 for the U.S. Marine Corps as light bombers, fighters and observation aircraft, later redesignated OC-1.
XF8C-2
Model 49, one prototype for F8C Helldiver. Original crashed on first factory flight and was replaced by Curtiss with a second bearing identical sn.
F8C-3 Falcon
Second production batch of Navy Falcons; 21 built for USN/USMC in 1928, later redesignated OC-2.
XF8C-4
Second Helldiver prototype, modified tail skid assembly.
F8C-4 Helldiver
Model 49B, production dive-bomber variant for the USN/USMC; 25 built, later designated O2C.
F8C-5 Helldiver
Model 49B with ring cowling; 63 built in 1930–31, later designated O2C-1.
XF8C-6
Two F8C-5s modified with superchargers, slats, and wing flaps; one later modified as O2C-2.
XF8C-7
Redesignation of A-4 Helldiver, later redesignated XO2C-2.
XF8C-8
Two prototypes built with canopy-enclosed front cockpit, later redesignated O2C-2.
O2C-1 Helldiver
Redesignation of 63 F8C-5; 30 production O2C-1s in 1931.
O2C-2 Helldiver
Redesignation of XF8C-8s and one XF8C-6.
XOC-3
One XF8C-1 prototype fitted with a Chieftain engine.
XF10C-1
O2C-2 re-engined with a R-1510 engine, also temporary designated XS3C-1.
Civil and export[edit]
Civil Falcon
20 civil versions: Conqueror Mail plane; D-12 Mailplane; Lindbergh Special, sold to Charles Lindbergh; Liberty Mailplane, 14 single-seat mailplanes, powered by a Liberty piston engines, sold to National Air Transport.
Export Falcon
also South American D-12 Falcon. One seaplane version of the O-1B was sold to Colombia, followed by an order for 15 more. Another 10 Model 35Fs were sold to Peru.[5]
Colombia Cyclone Falcon
Model 37F fitted with the 712 hp (531 kW) Wright Cyclone radial piston engine. 100 built for Colombia.
Chilean Falcon
O-1E design built under license in Chile, 10 later sold to Brazil. One example ended up in Paraguay as passage fee for the remaining aircraft. It operated mostly as a VIP transport, but made at last one reconnaissance flight over the Chaco war fields armed with two 7.7mm MG from a Potez.
Bolivia Cyclone Falcon
Similar to Colombian Falcon, it was fitted with the 712 hp (531 kW) Wright Cyclone SR-1820F-2 radial piston engine. A total of nine were built for Bolivia in some odd variants from the Colombian ones. Bolivian Cyclone Falcons mounted one frontal .30 MG and most also one rear .30 MG instead of the two wing-mounted ones. Two had semi-cockpit canopies over pilots cockpit; two had windscreens instead of canopy in both cockpits, these two had no ring mount for rear machine gun.

Code: [Select]

Specifications Model 37H (A-3B)[edit]
Data from "United States Military Aircraft Since 1909" [6]
General characteristics

Crew: two (pilot, observer/rear gunner)
Length: 27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)
Wingspan: 38 ft 0 in (11.58 m)
Height: 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
Wing area: 353 ft² (32.8 m²)
Empty weight: 2,875 lb (1,304 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 4,476 lb (2,030 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Curtiss D-12E (V-1150-5) V-12 liquid-cooled engine, 435 hp (324 kW)
Performance

Maximum speed: 139 mph (223.7 km/h)
Cruise speed: 110 mph (177 km/h)
Range: 628 mi (1,010 km)
Service ceiling: 14,100 ft (4,298 m)
Rate of climb: 948 ft/min (289 m/min)
Armament

Guns: 4 × forward-firing .30 in (7.62 mm) M1919 Browning machine guns and 2 × flexible 0.30 in (7.62 mm) Lewis machine guns on a Scarff ring.
Bombs: 200 lb (91 kg) of bombs mounted on lower wing racks.

[RealDarko]

What a gorgeous bird!!!!

[dsawan]

she is for sure. This type served in my homestate at Otis AFB, MA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Intelligence_Squadron#/media/File:101st_Observation_Squadron_Curtis_O-11.jpg