Curtiss YA-14

infobox Aircraft
name = XA-14
type = Ground attack
manufacturer = Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company

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caption = Curtiss XA-14
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first flight = September 1935
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number built = 1"U.S. Army Aircraft 1908-1946" by James C. Fahey, 1946, 64pp.]
status = Prototype
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primary user = U.S. Army Air Corps
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variants with their own articles = A-18 ShrikeThe Curtiss XA-14 was a 1930s United States airplane, the first multi-engine attack aircraft tested by the United States Army Air Corps. Carrying a crew of two, it was as fast as the standard pursuit aircraft in service at the time.

Design and development

Originally built as an in-house venture as the Curtiss Model 76, powered by two experimental Wright XR-1510 radial engines, flight testing was sufficiently impressive that after the USAAC appraisal the Model 76 was returned to Curtiss and fitted with two 775 hp (578 kW) Wright R-1670-5 Cyclone engines with constant-speed propellers. This configuration was accepted by the Army with the designation XA-14."The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft" Editors: Paul Eden & Soph Moeng, (Amber Books Ltd. Bradley's Close, 74-77 White Lion Street, London, NI 9PF, 2002, ISBN 0-7607-3432-1), 1152 pp.] It had standard Army markings with the serial number 36-146."United States Military Aircraft Since 1909" by F. G. Swanborough & Peter M. Bowers (Putnam New York, ISBN 085177816X) 1964, 596 pp.]

The Model 76 was of all-metal construction with an oval section semimonocoque fuselage, described as "pencil slim". The XA-14 was extensively tested, at one stage being fitted with a 37mm (1.46 in) nose cannon."The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the 20th Century Weapons and Warfare" Editor: Bernard Fitzsimons (Purnell & Sons Ltd., ISBN 0839361750) 1967/1969, Vol. 21, page 2324]

In July 1936 thirteen (serial numbers 37-52 to 37-64) developed versions, re-engined with two Wright R-1820-47 Cyclone twin-row radials, were ordered into production as the Y1A-18."United States Military Aircraft Since 1909" by F. G. Swanborough & Peter M. Bowers (Putnam New York, ISBN 085177816X) 1964, 596 pp.]

pecifications (XA-14)

aircraft specifications
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crew= two
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length main= 40 ft 3 in
length alt= 12.3 m
span main= 59 ft 5 in
span alt= 18.11 m
height main= 10 ft 9 in
height alt= 3.3 m
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max takeoff weight main= 11,750 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 5,329.7 kg
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engine (prop)= Wright R-1670-5
type of prop= radials
number of props= 2
power main= 775 hp
power alt= 578 kW
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max speed main= 220.7 knots
max speed alt= 254 mph, 408.8 km/h
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range main= 717 nm
range alt= 825 mi, 1,327.7 km
ceiling main= 27,100 ft
ceiling alt= 8,260 m
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*4 x .30-calibre machine guns forward-firing
*1 x .30-calibre machine gun aft-firing
*650 lb bombs in internal bay
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References

ee also

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related=
*A-18 Shrike

similar aircraft=
*Bristol Blenheim

lists =
*List of military aircraft of the United States

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