The Huff-Daland XHB-1 "Cyclops" was a 1920s
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prototype heavy bomber designed and built by the
Huff-Daland
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company.
[Andrade 1979, p 128]
Design and development
The XHB-1 was designed as an enlarged version of the earlier
LB-1
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powered by a single 750 hp Packard 2A-2540 nose-mounted engine. It had a crew of four and had a 4000 lb bomb load. The Army decided not to order the Cyclops into production as it had decided single-engined aircraft were not suitable for the role.
A twin-engined version was developed as the
XB-1 Super Cyclops.
[Orbis 1985, page 2255]
Operators
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United States Army Air Corps
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Specifications (XHB-1)
See also
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
* Andrade, John. ''U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909.'' Leicester: Midland Counties Publications, 1979. .
* ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985).'' London: Orbis Publishing, 1985.
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