04/30/2014. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "Prior to the commencement of deliveries of the BF2C-1 on October 7, 1934, the designation given to the aircraft was F11C-2. The fourth production F11C-2 was completed with manually-operated retractable main landing gear members accommodated by a deepened forward fuselage. It was powered by an R-1820-80 Cyclone rated at 700 hp at 8,000 ft (2,440 m), and was delivered to the USN on May 27, 1933 as the XF11C-3. Twenty-seven production models were ordered as F11C-3s with raised aft turtle decks, partial canopies and the metal wings that had proved satisfactory on the XF11C-1.

The BF2C-1 carried an armament of two 0.3 in (7.62 mm) Brownings and made provision for a single 474 lb (215 kg) bomb or up to four 116 lb (53 kg) bombs. An R-1820-04 Cyclone rated at 770 hp for take off was fitted. In the event, at cruising rpm the Cyclone set up a sympathetic vibration with the metal wing structure, the aircraft shaking dramatically in this regime, and, the problem never being satisfactorily resolved, the BF2C-1s were withdrawn within a few months."

Span: 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Length: 23 ft 0 in (7.01 m)
Height: 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Wing area: 262 sq.ft (24.34 sq.m)
Empty weight: 3,370 lb (1,529 kg)
Loaded weight: 4,555 lb (2,066 kg)
Max speed: 225 mph (362 kmh) at 8,000 ft (2,440 m)
Climb: 2,150 ft (655 m)/min
Range: 570 mls (917 km)