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Combat Warplanes / Airacobra
« on: October 29, 2007, 08:14:54 PM »
One of the most interesting fighter projected in USA. Designer Larry Bell said:
"We went back to fundamentals."
There were fire power, good pilot visibility and good landing and ground charasteristic. By locating the engine behind the pilot and transmiting its power through a drive shaft to a propeller gearbox in the nose, fundamental was achieved in one storke. A 37 mm cannon instalation and teo 12.7 mm machine gun in the nose plus multiple wing gun instalation provided the fighter with the fire power. Pilot could see in all directions with minimum of obstruction. The answer to the safe high speed landing and improved ground charasteristic was found in the tricicle landing gear.
"We went back to fundamentals."
There were fire power, good pilot visibility and good landing and ground charasteristic. By locating the engine behind the pilot and transmiting its power through a drive shaft to a propeller gearbox in the nose, fundamental was achieved in one storke. A 37 mm cannon instalation and teo 12.7 mm machine gun in the nose plus multiple wing gun instalation provided the fighter with the fire power. Pilot could see in all directions with minimum of obstruction. The answer to the safe high speed landing and improved ground charasteristic was found in the tricicle landing gear.
Safo- thank you for update info 
All glory goes to Nico- I have just make color profile 
This "hard" helmets are made from tan and leather. They give better protection during the crash landing. I hear that many of Yugoslav Kingdom pilots had artificial teeth. Reason was that they lost its own during emergency braking or crash landings.
and nice link too 