Brown B-3
| Brown B-3 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Two-seat touring monoplane |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Lawrence Brown Aircraft Company |
| First flight | 1936 |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | Brown B-2 |
The Brown B-3 was a 1930s American two-seat touring monoplane built by the Lawrence Brown Aircraft Company.
Design and development
The B-3 was based on earlier B-2 Miss Los Angeles single-seat racing monoplane.[1] It introduced two seats in tandem under an enclosed cockpit and had for the day some advanced features including Handley Page leading edge slots and single-slotted ailerons and flaps on the wing trailing edge.[1] Powered by a 290 horsepower (219 kW) Menasco C6S-4 Super Buccaneer inline piston engine, only one airplane was built. The aircraft was destroyed in a hangar fire at (of the then Metropolitan Airport) Van Nuys Airport on October 10, 1943. Interestingly, the B-3 can be seen sitting on the ramp during the scene of Humphrey Bogart's famous goodbye in the film Casablanca.[1]
Specifications
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 1
- Length: 25 ft 11 in (7.89 m)
- Wingspan: 31 ft 11 in (9.72 m)
- Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
- Wing area: 150.0 sq ft (13.94 m2)
- Empty weight: 1,850 lb (839 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 2,650 lb (1,202 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Menasco C6S-4 Super Buccaneer inline piston engine, 290 hp (220 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed Hamilton Standard
Performance
- Maximum speed: 205 mph (330 km/h; 178 kn)
- Cruise speed: 190 mph (165 kn; 306 km/h)
- Range: 600 mi; 522 nmi (966 km)
- Service ceiling: 18,000 ft (5,486 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,200 ft/min (6.1 m/s) [2]
References
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Notes
Bibliography
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.