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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 0084.PDF
4* *» / JP FLIGHT Studies in Recognition Aircraft in ¥ N OTABLE for its unusual design in having the engine behind the pilot amidships and tricycle undercarriage, the Airacobra has particularly clean lines. But its single- speed, single-stage supercharger is inadequate for performance at altitude and it is thus only efficient up to about 15,000ft. Top speed is 370 m.p.h. and armament consists of a 20 mm. or 37 mm. cannon, two 0.5m., and four .303m machine-guns. A two-seater trainer version has recently been developed but the present fighter is to be supplanted by a new model with two-stage supercharger. Recognition points include long nose, air-intake behind streamlined cabin top and smoothly rurved underside of oval fuselage; wings taper to round tips, small rounded fin and rudder, " wing-nut " tailplane. Dimen sions:—Span 34ft., length 29ft. oin., height 9ft. 3m., wing area 213 sq. ft. Bell Airacobra Single-seater Fighter. Mesberschmitt Me 109G Single-seater Fighter. HIGH-ALTITUDE development in the Messerschmitt Me 109 series of single-seatei fighters, the 109G mainly differs from its predecessor, the 109F, in having the Daimler- Benz D.B. 605 engine which develops approximately 1,350 h.p. at 18,500ft. Its main armament comprises a 20 mm, cannon firing through the spinner, and two 7.9 mm. or 13 mm. machine-guns firing through the airscrew arc, as on the 109F, but, in addition, it has a pair of 20 mm. cannon mounted in fairings under the wings. Some versions are known to be fitted with a pressure cabin. Top speed is about 400 m.p.h. Recognition points, as for the 109F, include tapered wings with round tips, prominent supercharger air-intake on port side above exhaust outlets, a shallow radiator under each wing, and typical Me 109 tail unit. Dimensions:—Span 32ft. 6in., length 29ft. 7in., height 8ft. 5m., wing area 173 sq. ft.
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