Martin T4M

what is it?

The Martin T4M was an American torpedo bomber of the 1920s. A development by the Glenn L. Martin Company of their earlier Martin T3M, and, like it a single-engined biplane, the T4M served as the standard torpedo bomber aboard the aircraft carriers of the United States Navy through much of the 1930s.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · fixed tailwheel (taildragger) · 16.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 184 km/htop speed
• range 584 kmwithout refuelling
• size 4,320 kgmax take-off weight
• built 155made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 99 years ago, in 1927.
• 🚗Wingspan of 16.2 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1927

retired

1938

status

retired

number built

155

role

torpedo bomber

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Glenn L. Martin Company, Great Lakes Aircraft Company

engines

1× Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet

length

10.9 m

wingspan

16.2 m

height

4.5 m

max take-off weight

4,320 kg

top speed

184 km/h

cruise speed

158 km/h

range

584 km

ceiling

3,095 m

landing gear

fixed conventional landing gear

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.