page_title: Bell XFL Airabonita
section_title: Specifications (XFL-1 Airabonita)
hierarchical_section_title: Bell XFL Airabonita / Specifications (XFL-1 Airabonita)
caption_attribution_description: A Bell XFL-1 Airabonita in flight in 1941. The XFL-1 was a navalized P-39 Airacobra.
context_page_description: The Bell XFL Airabonita was an experimental carrier-based interceptor aircraft developed for the United States Navy by Bell Aircraft Corporation of Buffalo, New York. It was similar to and a parallel development of the U.S. Army Air Corps’ land-based P-39 Airacobra, differing mainly in the use of a tailwheel undercarriage in place of the P-39's tricycle gear. Only one prototype was manufactured.
context_section_description: Data from
  General characteristics
  Crew: One
  Length: 29 ft 9 in (9.07 m)
  Wingspan: 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
  Height: 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
  Wing area: 232 sq ft (21.6 m²)
  Empty weight: 5,161 lb (2,341 kg)
  Gross weight: 6,651 lb (3,017 kg)
  Max takeoff weight: 7,212 lb (3,271 kg)
  Powerplant: 1 × Allison XV-1710-6 V-12 piston engine, 1,150 hp (858 kW)
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 336 mph (541 km/h, 292 kn)
  Range: 1,072 mi (1,725 km, 932 nmi)
  Service ceiling: 30,900 ft (9,421 m)
  Rate of climb: 2,630 ft/min (13.4 m/s)
  Wing loading: 29 lb/sq ft (140 kg/m²)
  Power/mass: 0.17 hp/lb (280 W/kg)
  Armament
  Guns: 
  2 × 0.30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns
  1 × 0.50 cal (12.7 mm) machine gun or 37 mm cannon
caption: XFL-1
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