The D.520 uses 35 gallons of aviation fuel per hour at routine usage.
Subassemblies: Medium Fighter chassis
+3, Medium Fighter Wings
+2, three retractable wheels +0.
Powertrain: 757-kW aerial HP gasoline engine with 757-kW
prop
and 165-gallon self-sealing fuel tanks [Wings and Body].
Occupancy: 1 CS Cargo: 7.5 Body..
| Armor | F | R/L | B | T | U |
| Body | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 |
| Wings | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 |
| Pilot | +0/20 | +0/0 | +0/20 | +0/0 | +0/20 |
Weaponry
4¥Aircraft LMGs/7.5mm MAC 34 M39 [Wings:F] (500 rounds each)*
20mm Long Aircraft AC/HS 404 [Body:F] (60 rounds)*
* Link fires all LMGs at once or all five guns together
Equipment
Body: Medium radio receiver and transmitter, navigation
instruments,
autopilot.
Statistics
| Size: 30'x35'x10' | Payload: 0.7 tons | Lwt: 2.96 tons |
| Volume: 200 | Maint.: 46 hours | Price: $18,500 |
HT: 12.
HPs: 240 Body, 80 each Wing, 24 each Wheel.
| aSpeed: 332 | aAccel: 7 | aDecel: 22 |
aMR: 5.5 | aSR: 2 | Stall: 80 mph |
Design Notes
The historical speed has been used (design speed was 307 mph), as well
as the actual wing area (172 square feet). Chassis HPs, weight and cost
were doubled to increase weight closer to historical (final design
weight was decreased 2%).