| Manufacturer |
Société des Avions Marcel Bloch |
De Havilland Canada |
| Description |
The Bloch MB.162 was a French four-engine, long-range bomber developed by Société des Avions Marcel Bloch in the late 1930s. |
The de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou (designated by the United States military as the CV-2 and later C-7 Caribou) is a Canadian specialized cargo aircraft with short takeoff and landing (STOL) capability developed by de Havilland Canada. |
| ICAO Code |
|
DHC4 |
| First Flight |
1940-06-01 |
1958-07-30 |
| Entry Into service |
1943-01-01 |
1961-01-01 |
| Production End |
|
1968-01-01 |
| Service End |
|
2009-01-01 |
| Designer |
Société des Avions Marcel Bloch |
De Havilland Canada |
| Type |
Heavy Bomber |
STOL transport aircraft |
| Length (m) |
21.91 |
21.9456 |
| Height (m) |
3.76 |
9.4488 |
| Cockpit Crew |
5 |
2 |
| Max Seating |
|
30 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
551 |
346.3237 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
|
292.6157 |
| Min Speed (km/h) |
|
109.2679 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
9000 |
7559.04 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
|
6.8834 |
| Armament |
2 × 7.5 mm (.295 in) MAC 1934 machine guns in nose and ventral positions; 2 × 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon in ventral and dorsal positions; 3600 kg of bombs |
|
| Capacity Description |
|
30 pax (civil) / 32 troops / 26 fully-equipped paratroops / 22 stretchers, 4 sitting patients and 4 attendants |
| National Origin |
France |
Canada |
| Number Built |
1 |
307 |
| Powerplant Description |
2 × Gnome-Rhône 14N-48 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine, 820 kW (1100 hp) each |
2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2000-7M2 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 1081 kW (1450 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
Luftwaffe |
Royal Canadian Air Force, United States Army, United States Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force |
| Status |
|
In limited service |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloch_MB.162 |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-4_Caribou |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
28.1 |
28.956 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
109 |
84.7276 |
| Flat Wing Aspect Ratio |
|
10 |
| Wake Category |
|
M |
| Number of Engines |
2 |
2 |