Military plane
XHB-1 "Cyclops" Role Heavy single-engined bomberType of aircraft
National origin United States Manufacturer Huff-Daland Primary user United States Army Air Corps Number built 1 Variants Huff-Daland XB-1
TheHuff-Daland XHB-1 "Cyclops" was a 1920sAmerican prototype heavy bomber designed and built by theHuff-Daland company.[ 1]
Design and development [ edit ] The XHB-1 was designed as an enlarged version of the earlierLB-1 powered by a single 750 hp Packard 2A-2540 nose-mounted engine. It had a crew of four and had a 4000 lb bomb load. The Army decided not to order the Cyclops into production as it had decided single-engined aircraft were not suitable for the role.
A twin-engined version was developed as theXB-1 Super Cyclops .[ 2]
United States United States Army Air Corps [ edit ] Data from [ 3]
General characteristics
Crew: 4 (pilot, co-pilot, rear gunner, navigator/ventral gunner)Length: 59 ft 7 in (18.17 m)Wingspan: 84 ft 7 in (25.79 m)Height: 17 ft 2 in (5.23 m)Gross weight: 16,834 lb (7,636 kg)Powerplant: 1 ×Packard 2A-2540 , 750 hp (560 kW)Performance
Maximum speed: 109 mph (175 km/h, 95 kn)Related lists
Notes Bibliography Andrade, John.U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Leicester: Midland Counties Publications, 1979.ISBN 0-904597-22-9 . The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). London: Orbis Publishing, 1985.
Manufacturer designations Bombers Trainers Patrol aircraft Observation aircraft Scout aircraft Names
Original sequences
Light bomber Medium bomber Heavy bomber
Main sequence Long-range bomber Tri-Service sequence Non-sequential
Redesignated A-series Fighter-bomber, in F-series Other
