I am sure this will be easy for the experts out there. Name, technical details and role of this nice beauty:
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Neil
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I am sure this will be easy for the experts out there. Name, technical details and role of this nice beauty:
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Neil
Supermarine Nighthawk. A plane that couldn't catch it's prey (zeppelins). Actually, almost couldn't take off!
Karl
PS: Neil, I knew the answer anyway, but remember to change the pictures' file name ;)
KwE
I hear Dastardly and Muttley are claiming IP on the design :)
(note to any Shapeways designers here - please do some "Catch the Pigeon" models!!!)
Nice one Karl couldn't work out how to do it. A bit of an own goal there. I'll try better next time round.
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Originally Posted by Jager
supermarine nighthawk :p
Here's the technical details:
from Wiki:
General characteristics
Crew: Four (2 pilots, 2 gunners)
Length: 37 ft (11.28 m)
Wingspan: 60 ft (18.29 m)
Height: 17 ft 8˝ in (5.39 m)
Wing area: 962 ft˛ (89.2 m˛)
Empty weight: 3,677 lb (1,671 kg)
Loaded weight: 6,146 lb (2,794 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Anzani 9 cylinder radial engine with four blade propellers, 100 hp (75 kW) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 65 kn (75 mph, 121 km/h)
Time to 10,000 ft (3,050 m): 60 min
Endurance: 9 - 18 hours (theoretical, unproven)
Armament
Guns: One 1˝ pdr Davis gun and one Lewis gun above upper wing, and one Lewis gun in the nose
Although touted as being able to reach 75 mph (121 km/h), the P.B.31E prototype only managed 60 mph (97 km/h) at 6,500 ft (1,981 m) and took an hour to climb to 10,000 ft (3,048 m), which was totally inadequate for intercepting Zeppelins.[3] Given the Anzani engine's reputation for unreliability and overheating, it is unlikely that the aircraft would have delivered the advertised endurance either.