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The B-2 was a large fabric-covered biplane aircraft. Its two engines sat in nacelles between the wings, flanking the fuselage. It had a twin set of rudders on a twin tail, a configuration which was becoming obsolete by that time. At the rear of each nacelle was a gunner position. In previous planes, the back-facing gunners had been in the fuselage, but their view there was obstructed. A similar arrangement (using nacelle-mounted gun platforms) was adopted in the competing Keystone XB-1 aircraft.

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  • Curtiss B-2 Condor
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  • The B-2 was a large fabric-covered biplane aircraft. Its two engines sat in nacelles between the wings, flanking the fuselage. It had a twin set of rudders on a twin tail, a configuration which was becoming obsolete by that time. At the rear of each nacelle was a gunner position. In previous planes, the back-facing gunners had been in the fuselage, but their view there was obstructed. A similar arrangement (using nacelle-mounted gun platforms) was adopted in the competing Keystone XB-1 aircraft.
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loaded weight main
  • 16591.0
Guns
  • 6(xsd:integer)
climb rate main
  • 850.0
number of props
  • 2(xsd:integer)
length alt
  • 14.43 m
span main
  • 2743.2
Produced
  • 1929(xsd:integer)
Status
  • No known survivors
cruise speed main
  • 105.5
cruise speed alt
  • 91(xsd:double)
height alt
  • 5.02 m
Introduced
  • 1929(xsd:integer)
primary user
Type
type of prop
  • liquid-cooled V12 engine
range alt
  • 700(xsd:integer)
length main
  • 47(xsd:integer)
power alt
  • 450.0
Unit Cost
  • 76373.0
area main
  • 1496.0
power main
  • 600.0
bombs
  • 2508.0
height main
  • 502.92
span alt
  • 27.43 m
range main
  • 805.0
Manufacturer
  • Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
max speed main
  • 132.0
engine (prop)
  • Curtiss V-1570-7 "Conqueror"
climb rate alt
  • 4.3
ceiling main
  • 17100.0
empty weight main
  • 9300.0
loaded weight alt
  • 7526.0
area alt
  • 139.0
max speed alt
  • 115(xsd:integer)
jet or prop?
  • prop
empty weight alt
  • 4218.0
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 5,212 m
Retired
  • 1934(xsd:integer)
Crew
  • 5(xsd:integer)
Number Built
  • 13(xsd:integer)
ref
  • Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947
abstract
  • The B-2 was a large fabric-covered biplane aircraft. Its two engines sat in nacelles between the wings, flanking the fuselage. It had a twin set of rudders on a twin tail, a configuration which was becoming obsolete by that time. At the rear of each nacelle was a gunner position. In previous planes, the back-facing gunners had been in the fuselage, but their view there was obstructed. A similar arrangement (using nacelle-mounted gun platforms) was adopted in the competing Keystone XB-1 aircraft. The XB-2 competed for a United States Army Air Corps production contract with the similar Keystone XB-1, Sikorsky S-37, and Fokker XLB-2. The other three were immediately ruled out, but the Army board appointed to make the contracts were strongly supportive of the smaller Keystone XLB-6, which cost a third as much as the B-2. Furthermore, the B-2 was large for the time and difficult to fit into existing hangars. However, the superior performance of the XB-2 soon wrought a policy change, and in 1928 a production run of 12 was ordered. One modified B-2, dubbed the B-2A, featured dual controls for both the pilot and the copilot. Previously, the control wheel and the pitch controls could only be handled by one person at a time. This "dual control" setup became standard on all bombers by the 1930s. There was no production line for the B-2A. The B-2 design was also used as a transport. The B-2 was quickly made obsolete by technological advances of the 1930s, and served only briefly with the Army Air Corps, being removed from service by 1934. Following production of the B-2, Curtiss Aircraft left the bomber business, and concentrated on the Hawk series of pursuit aircraft in the 1930s.
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