Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one aircraft design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for the Bell XP-52 Twin-Boom Single-Seat Heavy Fighter Proposal.
PROPOSED: 1 x Continental XI-1430-5 inline piston engine of 1,250 horsepower OR 1 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800 inline piston engine; driving 2 x three-bladed propeller units in pusher configuration.
Propulsion
430 mph
692 kph | 374 kts
Max Speed
40,000 ft
12,192 m | 8 miles
Service Ceiling
960 miles
1,545 km | 834 nm
Operational Range
3,175 ft/min
968 m/min
Rate-of-Climb