Curtiss F6C HAWK

Naval Carrierborne Fighter Aircraft [ 1924 ]

The F6C Hawk was the US Navy and Marine model of the Armys Curtiss P-1 Hawk.

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The Curtiss F6C Hawk series of aircraft was in fact the US Navy/Marine model of the US Army's P-1 Hawk series. The US Navy found the P-1 attractive enough to begin fielding it as a carrier-based aircraft whilst the US Marines operated it as a land-based fighter.

With its origins in the Model L-18-1 (which stemmed the PW-8 US Army production fighters), the P-1 was a biplane single-engine, single-seat fighter with fixed landing gears. In the interwar years, the system would become one of the many symbols in the evolution of the aircraft during this time. Tapered-wings, wheel brakes and evermore powerful engines produced a wild amount of variants for the Curtiss company that would see the Hawk series as a frontline fighter in all the major armed services of the time.

Armed modestly with a World War One-style array of .303 caliber machine guns, the aircraft was indeed a throwback to earlier days of aerial combat. The metal body-covering was, however, a taste of things to come throughout the 1930's. With a flight ceiling of over 20,000 feet and speeds in excess of 150 miles per hour, the P-1 and F6C Hawk series was a step in the right direction for American military aviation design.©MilitaryFactory.com

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Specifications

Service Year

1924

Origin

United States

Crew

1

Production

75
UNITS

Curtiss - USA

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United States

(OPERATORS list includes past, present, and future operators when applicable)

✓ Air-to-Air Combat, Fighter
General ability to actively engage other aircraft of similar form and function, typically through guns, missiles, and/or aerial rockets.

✓ Maritime / Navy
Land-based or shipborne capability for operating over-water in various maritime-related roles while supported by allied naval surface elements.

Length

22.8 ft
(6.96 m)

Width/Span

31.6 ft
(9.63 m)

Empty Wgt

2,161 lb
(980 kg)

MTOW

3,349 lb
(1,519 kg)

Wgt Diff

+1,188 lb
(+539 kg)

(Showcased structural values pertain to the Curtiss F6C-3 HAWK production variant)

Installed: 1 x Curtiss D.12 "Conquerer" water-cooled inline engine developing 400 horsepower.

Max Speed

154 mph
(248 kph | 134 kts)

Ceiling

20,299 ft
(6,187 m | 4 mi)

Range

351 mi
(565 km | 1,046 nm)

♦ MACH Regime (Sonic)

Sub

Trans

Super

Hyper

HiHyper

ReEntry

♦

(Showcased performance specifications pertain to the Curtiss F6C-3 HAWK production variant. Performance specifications showcased above are subject to environmental factors as well as aircraft configuration. Estimates are made when Real Data not available. Compare this aircraft entry against any other in our database or View aircraft by powerplant type)

STANDARD:
2 x .30 caliber machine guns

Supported Types

Graphical image of an aircraft medium machine gun

(Not all ordnance types may be represented in the showcase above)

Hardpoint Mountings: 0

Model L-18-1

PW-8 - Production models of the Model L-18-1 of which 25 were produced for the US Army.

XPW-8B - Experimental variant fitted with Curtiss D-12 440hp engine.

P-1 - Production Variant of the XPW-8B

P-1A - 25 produced

P-1B - 25 produced; fitted with Curtiss V-1150-3 435hp engine.

P-1C - 33 produced; fitted with Curtiss V-1150-5 engine; wheel brakes implemented; ski landing gear.

AT-4 - Advanced Trainer Variant based on the P-1A; fitted with Wright-Hispano E 180hp engine.

P-1D - Fitted with V-1150 engine based on the AT-4 trainer model.

AT-5 - Improved trainer variant based on the P-1D model fitted with 220hp Wright Whirlwind J-5 radial engine.

P-1E - Converted AT-5 models with V-1150 engine.

AT-5A - Longer fuselage trainers; would later become P-1F.

P-1F - Converted AT-5A trainer models fitted with V-1150 engine.

F6C - United States Navy carrier-based fighter model.

F6C-1 - United States Marine Corps land-based F6C model based on the US Army P-1 fighter.

F6C-2 - Carrier-based model fitted with arrestor hook and other specialized landing equipment.

F6C-3 - Modified F6C-2 fighters

F6C-4 - Fitted with Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp radial generating 420hp.

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