Douglas O-43

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O-43
Role Observation
Manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company
Introduction 1930
Primary user United States Army Air Corps
Number built 24[1]
Developed from Douglas O-31
Variants Douglas O-46

The Douglas O-43 was a monoplane observation aircraft used by the United States Army Air Corps.

Development

Five

Langley Field
Virginia.

The 24th airframe of the O-43A contract was completed as the XO-46 prototype.

Specifications (O-43A)

Data from McDonnell Douglas aircraft since 1920 : Volume I,[3] United States military aircraft since 1909[4]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 33 ft 11 in (10.34 m)
  • Wingspan: 45 ft 11 in (14.00 m)
  • Height: 12 ft 3 in (3.73 m)
  • Wing area: 334 sq ft (31.0 m2)
  • Empty weight: 4,135 lb (1,876 kg)
  • Gross weight: 5,300 lb (2,404 kg)
  • Powerplant: ×
    Curtiss V-1570-59 Conqueror
    V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 675 hp (503 kW)
  • Propellers: 3-bladed metal propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 190 mph (310 km/h, 170 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 163 mph (262 km/h, 142 kn)
  • Service ceiling: 22,400 ft (6,800 m)
  • Time to altitude: 5,000 ft (1,500 m) in 3 minutes 18 seconds
  • Wing loading: 15.8 lb/sq ft (77 kg/m2)
  • Power/mass: 0.127 hp/lb (0.209 kW/kg)

Armament

See also

Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists

  • List of military aircraft of the United States

References

  1. James C. Fahey
    , 1946, 64pp.
  2. ISBN 0-7607-3432-1
    ), 1152 pp.
  3. ISBN 0870214284
    .
  4. ISBN 0370000943
    .

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