General Description

The Skyraider aircraft  are low wing, all metal, single engine, single-place attack land planes, manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc. Three dive brakes are installed, one on each side and one on the bottom of the fuselage, aft of the wing trailing edge. The aircraft are equipped for catapult takeoffs and arrested landings. Four 20-mm cannons are installed in the wings with provisions for 200 rounds of ammunition for each cannon. Six rocket bomb racks are installed under each outer wing panel. The centerline and inboard wing bomb racks are capable of carrying a wide variety of ordnance. The aircraft are equipped with an autopilot and instrumentation for all-weather operations.
 
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Dimensions

The principal three-point dimensions of the aircraft are shown below:

Power Plant

The engine is an air-cooled, radial, 18-cylinder, double row, Wright Model R-3350-26WB/WD rated at 2,700 horsepower for takeoff. It has a single state, two-speed super- charger, and a Stromberg PR58U1 carburetor with a spinner injection system. Its dry sump lubrication system supplies oil under pressure to almost all moving parts, important exceptions being the propeller shaft and crankshaft antifriction bearings. Oil jets in the two crankcase distributing rings lubricate the pistons and cylinder walls.

Propeller

The aircraft is equipped with either an Aeroproducts A642-G804/M20A2-162 or an A642-G805/M20A2-162 hydraulically actuated, variable pitch, constant speed propeller, 13 feet 6 inches in diameter. The -G804 and -G805 propellers are identical except for incorporation of a heavier torque cylinder in the -G805 for increased fatigue strength of the part. The propeller pitch control lever  located on the cockpit port console, has the indicated positions INCREASE and DECREASE. With the control lever in the full INCREASE position, the takeoff rpm should be 2800 +/-25.

Cockpit Instrument Panel

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 1. Landing check list
  2. Marker beacon audio switch 
  3. Marker beacon light
  4. Manifold pressure gage 
  5. G-2 compass control switch
  6. LABS indicator light (above shield)    
  7. Torque pressure gage 8. Airspeed indicator
  9. AN/APN-22 radar altimeter 
10. Vertical gyro indicator
11. Gunsight 
12. Magnetic sump plugs warning light 
13. Rate-of-climb indicator 
14. LABS control panel
15. Windshield degreaser 
16. Fuel quantity test switch
17. Fuel pressure warning light 
18. Fuel quantity indicator
19. Takeoff checklist
20. Engine gage unit
21. Cylinder head temperature indicator 
22. Outside air temperature switch
23. Eight-day clock 
24. OAT-carburetor air temperature indicator
25. Generator warning light 
26. ID-310/ARN range indicator
27. ID-249/ARN course indicator 
28. Turn-and-bank indicator
29. Rudder pedal adjustment crank 
30. Armament panel (see figure 8-4)
31. ID-250/ARN course indicator 
32. Chartboard
33. Altimeter 
34. Tachometer
35. Water injection switch 
36. Ignition switch
37. Wheels and flaps position indicator
38. Dive checklist

Cockpit Port (Left) Console

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  1. Hydraulic emergency by-pass valve control 
  2. Oxygen filler valve 
  3. Emergency hydraulic pump switch
  4. Hydraulic system pressure gage 
  5. High intensity floodlight
  6. Arm rest 
  7. Fuel selector panel
  8. Canopy jettison switch 
  9. Centerline bomb rack lock 
10. Center wing bomb release 
11. Canopy control release plunger
12. Outboard wing bomb release
13. Canopy control
14. Canopy jettison test switch 
15. LABS gyro control switch
16. Wing flap control 
17. Canopy jettison test light
18. Throttle control and microphone switch 
19. Oil cooler door control switch
20. Carburetor air switch 
21. Master exterior light switch
22. Throttle static grip
23. Supercharger control
24. Landing gear safety control lock 
25. Landing gear control release plunger
26. Landing gear control 
27. Oxygen regulator panel
28. Propeller control 
29. Engine controls friction lock
30. Mixture control 
31. Cowl flap control switch
32. Dive brake control 
33. Relief tube
34. Dive brake solenoid safety release 
35. Trim tab controls
36. Aileron power boost release 
37. Anti-G receptacle
38. Horizontal stabilizer control 
39. Oxygen hose
40. Tailwheel lock control 
41. Fuel boost pump switch
42. Fuel tank selector 
43. Automatic pilot emergency release

Cockpit Starboard (Right) Console

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  1. Battery - generator switch
  2. Arresting hook control 
  3. Arresting hook positive latch 
  4. Arresting hook control light 
  5. Ventilation air outlet 
  6. AC generator field switch 
  7. Engine starter switch 
  8. Engine primer switch 
  9. Pitot heat - oil dilution switch 
10. AC power selector switch 
11. Generator manual reset 
12. Wing fold control 
13. Interior light control panel 
14. Flood lights control panel 
15. Exterior lights control panel 
16. Master radio switch 
17. Cockpit utility light 
18. AN/ARN-6 radio compass control panel
19. High intensity floodlight
20. C-1272/APA-89 control panel 
21. C-129/APX-6 control panel
22. Utility receptacle 
23. Heat control
24. Ventilator control 
25. Map cases
26. C-866/ARN-21 control panel 
27. C-1015/ARC-27A control panel
28. Spare lamps stowage 
29. Automatic pilot controller
30. Seat adjustment switch 
31. Elevator control servo disconnect switch
32. Automatic pilot clutch switch 
33. Inverter selector switch
34. Flight instrument power failure warning light 
35. Circuit breaker panel
36. DC generator and AC generator test jacks