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	NORTHROP N-9M (NS-99)	1942
	ENGINEERING RESEARCH AIRCRAFT

DATA

NORTHROP N-9M
(N-9M-1, N-9M-2, N-9MA, & N-9MB)
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :	ENGINEERING RESEARCH AIRCRAFT
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :	UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :	NORTHROP AIRCRAFT COMPANY, INC
FIRST FLIGHT :	DECEMBER 27, 1942
SERVICE DELIVERY :	NONE
NUMBER BUILT :	4

SPECIFICATION
SPAN :	17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
LENGTH :	60 ft 0 in (18.3 m)
HEIGHT :	6 ft 7 in (2 m)
WING AREA :	490 sq ft (45.5 m sq)
WEIGHT EMPTY :	5,893 lb (2,673 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :	13,946 lb (6,326 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :	--
POWER PLANT :	2 x Menasco C6S-4 (1st 3 N-9M) Piston Engines, Rated at 260 hp ea;
	2 x Franklin XO-540-7 (N-9MB) Piston Engine, Rated at 260 hp
ARMAMENT :	NONE
BOMB LOAD :	NONE
CREW :	1 - Pilot (Typical);
	2 - Pilot & Observer (N-9MB)

PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :	258 mph (415 km/h)
CRUISING SPEED :	208 mph
LANDING SPEED :	--
CLIMB RATE :	--
RANGE :	500 miles (805 km); Endurance of 3.2 hrs
SERVICE CEILING :	21,500 ft (6,553 m)

	REFERENCES
	Pape, Garry with John Campbell & Donna Campbell. The Flying Wings of Jack Northrop. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. 1994. ISBN 0-88740-597-5. Pape, Garry and John Campbell. Northrop Flying Wings: A History of Jack Northrop's Visionary Aircraft. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1995. ISBN 0-88740-689-0. Wooldridge, E. T. Winged Wonders: The Story of the Flying Wings. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983. ISBN 0-87474-966-2.

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