1944 Commonwealth Wirraway - Restoration Project - Fantasy of Flight - Golden Hill Storage Facility - Polk City Florida

The restoration project on the 1944 Commonwealth Wirraway is at the Fantasy od Flight Golden Hill Storage Facility located in Polk City Florida U.S.A.

 

Specifications (CAC Wirraway)

 

General characteristics

• Crew: 2

• Length: 27 ft 10 in (8.48 m)

• Wingspan: 43 ft 0 in (13.11 m)

• Height: 8 ft 8¾ in (2.66 m)

• Wing area: 255.75 ft² (23.76 m²)

• Empty weight: 3,992 lb (1,810 kg)

• Max. takeoff weight: 6,595 lb (2,991 kg)

• Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine, 600 hp (450 kW)

 

Performance

• Maximum speed: 191 knots (220 mph, 354 km/h)

• Cruise speed: 135 knots (155 mph, 250 km/h)

• Range: 720 miles (630 nm, 1,158 km)

• Service ceiling: 23,000 ft (7,010 m)

• Rate of climb: 1,950 ft/min (9.9 m/s)

 

Armament

• Guns: 2 × 0.303 in (7.62 mm) Vickers Mk V machine guns synchronised to fire through the propellor arc and 1 × 0.303 in (7.62 mm) Vickers GO machine gun on a flexible mount in the rear cockpit. Later versions had no Vickers Mk V guns, but had provision for 2 × 0.303 (7.62 mm) Browning AN-M2 machine guns mounted under the outer wing panels.

• Bombs: If no observer is carried,

• 2× 500 lb (227 kg) bombs

• 2× 250 lb (113 kg) bombs

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