Huff-Daland XHB-3

Huff-Daland XHB-3
Role	Heavy bomber
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Huff-Daland
Status	project only
Number built	0

The Huff-Daland XHB-3 was a proposed heavy bomber envisaged by Huff-Daland in the late 1920s. The leadership of the United States Army Air Corps found the XHB-3 design too radical to be a real proposition, so the design remained a paper project only. ^{[1] [2]}

Specifications

Data from ^[3]

General characteristics

• Crew: 5
• Powerplant: 2 × Packard 2A-2540 12-cylinder V-cylinder piston engines, 787 hp (587 kW) each

Performance

References

1. "Huff-Daland XHB-3". www.joebaugher.com.
2. Wagner, Ray. American Combat Planes of the 20th Century: A Comprehensive Reference. Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Co, 2004. ISBN   0-930083-17-2.
3. "Huff-Daland XHB-3". www.historyofwar.org.