High Gallery
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U.
S. Military Aircraft
Curtiss-Wright BT-32 CONDOR II |
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First flown in January 1933, the CW-4 was an anachronism whose sole modem feature was the landing gear main units which retracted into the engine nacelles. Some 21 T-32 Condor II airliners were built, most being used as 12 passenger sleeper transport up to 1936. Ten of them were later updated to AT-32 standard as T-32Cs The 11 AT-32s had variable pitch propellers, and could be converted into 15 passenger day transport. A few Condor II were used by the US services as transports, but most military production was of the BT-32 bomber-transport version of the AT-32 with accommodation for 15 and machine guns in nose, dorsal, ventral, and two beam positions. Of the eight BT-32s, the first was sold to China, three were floatplane exported to Colombia, and four were landplanes delivered to Peru. There was also a CT-32 military transport with a large loading door on the starboard side of the fuselage. |
TECHNICAL DATA
| Description | Specifications |
| Manufacturer: Curtiss | Length: 49 ft. 6 in. |
| First Flight: | Height: 16 ft. 4 in. |
| Model: BT-32 | Wing Span: 82 ft. 0 in. |
| Crew: Four | Wing Area: 1,208.0 sq. ft. |
| Nickname: Condor II | Empty Weight: 11,762 lb. |
| Basic Role: Bomber / Transport | Max. Weight: 18,500 lb. |
| Other Versions:
YC-30 T-32
transport for the US Army Air Corps. R4C-1 AT-32
transport for the US Navy and Marine Corps. BT-32 bombers.
CT-32 Military
transport for Argentina.
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Armament: Five 0.3-in 7.62-mm machine guns, and up to 3,968 lb. of bombs. |
| Principal User: Argentina, China, Colombia, Great Britain, Peru, and USA. |
Propulsion |
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Performance |
Power Plant: Wright SGR-1820-F52 Cyclone radial piston engines. |
| Range: 840 miles. | Horsepower: 760-hp (567-kW) |
| Max. Speed: 180 mph. | No. Of Engines: Two |
| Ceiling: 20,000 ft. | |
| Climb Rate: 1,200 ft. per minute. |