Vought SBU Corsair

what is it?

The Vought SBU-1 Corsair was a two-seat, all-metal biplane dive bomber built by Vought Aircraft Company of Dallas, Texas for the US Navy. Its design was based upon the F3U-1 two-seat fighter that was abandoned when the Navy decided not to obtain any more two-seat fighters.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 330 km/htop speed
• range 882 kmwithout refuelling
• size 2,509 kgmax take-off weight
• built 125made 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 93 years ago, in 1933.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.1 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.2× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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

spec sheet

first flight

1933

number built

125

role

dive bomber

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Vought

engines

1× Pratt & Whitney R-1535-80 Twin Wasp Junior

length

8.5 m

wingspan

10.1 m

height

3.6 m

max take-off weight

2,509 kg

top speed

330 km/h

cruise speed

196 km/h

range

882 km

ceiling

10,800 m

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