With its light construction, radial engine, low wing loading, limited pilot protection and lack of self-sealing fuel tanks, the CW-21B was the Allied fighter most similar to the opposing Japanese fighters. It had a rate of climb superior to the Nakajima …

The CW-21B was a development of the original aircraft incorporating the flush fitting, inward retracting landing gear used on the CW-23, and other refinements. Curtiss sold twenty-four CW-21Bs to the Netherlands East Indies (N.E.I.) Air Force and also made sales of the CW-22 to the N.E.I. and other customers.

The CW-21 Demon was an attempt to develop a lightweight Interceptor from the CW-19R general purpose aircraft. The project started in 1938 with the first prototype flying in January of 1939 and carrying the civil registration NX19431.

Sep 9, 2016 · CW-21B - Improved CW-21 with revised flush undercarriage; hydraulically-powered flaps.

With its light construction, radial engine, low wing loading, limited pilot protection and lack of self-sealing fuel tanks, the CW-21B was the Allied fighter most similar to the opposing Japanese fighters. It had a rate of climb superior to the Nakajima …

Feb 28, 2021 · Constructed of aluminium alloy and with its distinctive sharply tapered rear fuselage, the CW-21 weighed 4,250 lbs (1928 kgs) loaded. Again for comparison, the Spitfire Mk.I weighed almost 6,000 lbs (5,935 lb (2,692 kg)).

Oct 29, 2023 · It was a low-winged, single-seat monoplane with retractable landing gear and a 1,000-hp radial engine that gave the Demon a top speed of 314mph and a climb rate of 4,500 feet per...

Model 21B Twenty four were built for the Netherlands East Indies Air Force (NEIAF) with constructors number 2853–2872, assigned NEIAF serial numbers CW-344 to CW-363. Identifiable by the inward retracting main landing gear that eliminated the need for the undercarriage fairings notable on the Model 21.

The CW-21B lightweight fighter prototype framed with the CW-20 large airliner prototype NX19436, which first flew around the photo date on 26 March, initially with double tailfins, and was ordered by the US Army as the C-46 Commando. Photo by: Arthur Witman / State Historical Society of Missouri.

Work on this new fighter type started in the St. Louis branch of the Curtiss-Wright Company. The most important design philosophy was to employ a high power engine combined with an airframe as light and compact as possible.