page_title: Douglas A-1 Skyraider
section_title: Specifications (AD-6 / A-1H Skyraider)
hierarchical_section_title: Douglas A-1 Skyraider / Specifications (AD-6 / A-1H Skyraider)
caption_attribution_description: 3-side-view of a Douglas AD-4 Skyraider
context_page_description: The Douglas A-1 Skyraider is an American single-seat attack aircraft that saw service between the late 1940s and early 1980s. The Skyraider had a remarkably long and successful career; it became a piston-powered, propeller-driven anachronism in the jet age, and was nicknamed "Spad", after the French World War I fighter.
  It was operated by the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the United States Air Force, and also saw service with the British Royal Navy, the French Air Force, the Republic of Vietnam Air Force, and others. It remained in U.S. service until the early 1970s.
context_section_description: Data from McDonnell Douglas aircraft since 1920 : Volume I
  General characteristics
  Crew: 1
  Length: 38 ft 10 in (11.84 m)
  Wingspan: 50 ft 0.25 in (15.2464 m)
  Height: 15 ft 8.25 in (4.7816 m)
  Wing area: 400.33 sq ft (37.192 m²)
  Airfoil: root: NACA 2417; tip: NACA 4413
  Empty weight: 11,968 lb (5,429 kg)
  Gross weight: 18,106 lb (8,213 kg)
  Fuel capacity: 380 US gal (320 imp gal; 1,400 l) internal tanks
  Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-3350-26WA Duplex-Cyclone 18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 2,700 hp (2,000 kW)
  Propellers: 4-bladed Aeroproducts constant-speed propeller
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 322 mph (518 km/h, 280 kn) at 18,000 ft (5,500 m)
  Cruise speed: 198 mph (319 km/h, 172 kn)
  Range: 1,316 mi (2,118 km, 1,144 nmi)
  Service ceiling: 28,500 ft (8,700 m)
  Rate of climb: 2,850 ft/min (14.5 m/s)
  Wing loading: 46.6 lb/sq ft (228 kg/m²)
  Power/mass: 0.149 hp/lb (0.245 kW/kg)
  Armament
  Guns: 4x 20 mm AN/M3 cannon with 200 rounds per gun
  Hardpoints: 15 external hardpoints with a capacity of 8,000 lb (3,600 kg),with provisions to carry combinations of:
  Other: bombs, torpedoes, mine dispensers, unguided rockets, and gun pods.
caption: Line drawings for the AD-4 Skyraider.
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