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Type: Troop and cargo transport Origin: Curtis-Wright Crew: N/A Model: See variants list First Flight: CW-20: March 26, 1940 Service Delivery: July 1942 Final Delivery: 1945 Number Produced: 3,000+ Engine: CW-20T: Model: Pratt & Whitney R-2600 Twin Cyclone Type: Radial piston engine Number: Two Horsepower: 1,700 hp C-46: Model: Pratt & Whitney R-2800-43 Type: Radial piston engine Number: Two Horsepower: 2,000 hp C-46A: Model: Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 Type: Radial piston engine Number: Two Horsepower: 2,000 hp XC-46B: Model: Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34W Type: Radial piston engine Number: Two Horsepower: 2,100 hp Projected AC-46K: Model: Pratt & Whitney R-3350-BD Type: Radial piston engine Number: Two Horsepower: 2,500 hp |
Dimensions: Wing span: 108 ft. 0 in. (32.91m) Length: 76 ft. 4 in. (23.26m) Height: 21 ft. 9 in. (6.62m) Lifting Surface Area: 1,360 sq. ft. (126.34m²)
Weights: Armament: None Payload: 40 equipped troops. |
CW-20T: Original prototype.
CW-20A: Modification of original prototype with new tail. Evaluated by U.S. Army as C-55. Returned to Curtis and subsequently sold to BOAC.
CW-20B-1: Single conversion from a C-46A to evaluate a stepped windscreen. Designated XC-46B.
CW-20E: Project for AC-46K with new engines.
CW-20G: Testbed conversion from C-46G. Used to test GE TG-100 turboprop installed in starboard nacelle. Originally designated XC-46C but changed to XC-113.
CW-20H: Three aircraft equipped with R-3350 radials. Designated C-46L.
R5C-1: designation for 160 aircraft supplied to U.S. Marines, based on C-46A.
C-46D: Personnel version with extra cargo door on starboard side. 1,610 built.
C-46E: Utility version with C-46A door configuration & stepped windscreen of XC-46B. 17 built.
C-46F: Cargo version with doors on both sides and square wingtips.
C-46G: Single example with stepped windscreen and square wingtips.
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