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Lockheed XFM-2 : ウィキペディア英語版 | Lockheed XFM-2
The Lockheed XPB-3, later designated XFM-2, (PB - Pursuit, Biplace / FM - Fighter, Multi-seat), was a proposed American heavy fighter aircraft, developed by the Lockheed Corporation during the mid-1930s. Intended as a heavy fighter and bomber destroyer for operation by the United States Army Air Corps, it failed to win a contract for construction of a prototype, the Bell YFM-1 Airacuda being preferred. ==Design and development== Given the Lockheed designation Model 11,〔Badrocke and Gunston 2001, p.7.〕 the XFM-2 was developed in response to a United States Army Air Corps requirement for a heavy, twin-engined "bomber destroyer". Originally designated XPB-3 in the 'pursuit, biplace' category, it was redesignated 'XFM-2', for 'fighter, multiplace' early in development. Intended to be powered by two Allison V-1710 supercharged engines, the aircraft was designed for an armament of two 37mm cannon, one mounted in a nose turret and the other in a dorsal turret behind the cockpit.〔Matthews, Birch. ''Cobra! Bell Aircraft Corporation 1934-1946''. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer 1996. ISBN 978-0887409110.〕 The XFM-2 featured a tricycle landing gear configuration, and was a mid-wing monoplane of nearly medium bomber size. The empennage featured a twin-tail arrangement.〔''Airpower''. March 1989. Vol. 19, no. 2, p.16.〕 Although the XFM-2 design was evaluated favorably by the Air Corps, the Bell YFM-1 Airacuda was selected to fill the bomber destroyer requirement, and further work on the XFM-2 was abandoned.〔Francillon 1987, p.161.〕
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