| Manufacturer |
Blackburn Aircraft |
Military designations USAAS/USAAF/USAF |
| Description |
The Blackburn 2F.1 Nautilus was a British single-engine two-seat biplane spotter/fighter built in 1929. |
The Curtiss YP-37 was an American fighter aircraft developed by Curtiss-Wright in the late 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). |
| First Flight |
1929-05-01 |
1937-04-01 |
| Entry Into service |
|
1939-01-01 |
| Designer |
F.A Bumpas |
Military designations USAAS/USAAF/USAF |
| Length (m) |
9.65 |
9.7536 |
| Height (m) |
3.3 |
3.3528 |
| Cockpit Crew |
|
1 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
248 |
547.177 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
|
490.8499 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
5730 |
10363.2 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
6.4 |
14.8336 |
| Armament |
1 × fixed 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun firing forward through propeller from a trough in fuselage port side ; 1 × ring mounted 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun in rear cockpit |
1 × 0.30 in M1919 Browning machine gun and 1 × 0.50 in M2 Browning machine gun |
| National Origin |
United Kingdom |
United States of America |
| Number Built |
1 |
14 |
| Powerplant Description |
1 × V-12 water-cooled Rolls-Royce F.XIIMS, 390 kW (523 hp) each |
1 × Allison V-1710-21 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 746 kW (1000 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
|
United States Army Air Corps |
| Status |
|
Canceled |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Nautilus |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_YP-37 |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
11.27 |
11.2776 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
42.55 |
21.9251 |
| Aircraft Engine |
Rolls-Royce Kestrel |
|
| Number of Engines |
1 |
1 |