Bell P-63C-5-BE Kingobra

Modern Drawings/Air/France/Fighters/Others/P-63C-5-BE.htm | Update: 15-09-2019

GC II/6 "Normandie-Niemen", Armée de l'Air - French Indochina, year 1949.

GC 3/6 "Roussillon", Armée de l'Air - Gia Lam, French Indochina, 1950.

GC I/5 "Travail", Armée de l'Air - Sidi-Ahmed, Tunisia, 1947.

Specifications

General

Type: Fighter / Ground Attack Aircraft
Crew: 1
Introductiont: 1945
Number built: 114 form French Air Force

Powerplant

1 × Allison V-1710-117 liquid-cooled turbocompressed V-12 |
1500-1800 hp | Pistons

Dimensions/Masses

Length: 9.96 m | Wingspan: 11.43 m | Height: 3.80 m
Wing area: 23 m² | Empty weight: 3084 kg
Loaded weight: 3992 kg | Max takeoff weight: 5490 kg

Performances

Maximum speed: 660 km/h | Ferry range: 2200-4140 km with external tanks
Service ceiling: 11750 m

Armament

Inside: 1x 37mm M10 cannon in the nose with 65 shells ,
2 x 12.7mm M2 machine guns in the nose (200rpg) and two in underwing gondolas (250rpg)
Outside: 680 kg bomb load