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The Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H ((セルビア語:Рогожарски СИМ-XIV-Х)) was a 1930s Yugoslav coastal reconnaissance floatplane and light bomber, twin-engined, with three crew members. It was designed and built at the Rogožarski factory in Belgrade.〔http://vazduhoplovnetradicijesrbije.rs/index.php/istorija/243-rogozarski-sim-xiv-h〕 ==Design and development== In January 1937, the Yugoslav Navy Air Service issued a specification for a twin-engined coastal reconnaissance aircraft,〔Green 1962, p. 201.〕 to replace the Ikarus IO flying boat. To meet this requirement, Rogozarski proposed the SIM-XIV-H, a twin-engined floatplane designed by Sima Milutinović, and this type was selected by the Yugoslav navy, with the first prototype making its maiden flight on 8 February 1938.〔 The SIM-XIV-H was a low winged monoplane of mixed wood and metal construction, with an oval section monocoque fuselage. The wing was braced to the fuselage by steel-tube struts, with the tail also braced. It had a glazed nose, with a gun turret armed with a single machine gun mounted above the nose. The pilot and radio operator/gunner sat in tandem under a long canopy, with the observer also armed with a single machine gun.〔Green 1962, pp. 201–203.〕 The rear fuselage was fabric covered, while the moving tail surfaces were metal clad.The elleptical wing was of wooden construction,and was clad in plywood. It was powered by two 240 hp (179 kW) Argus As 10C air-cooled V8 engines driving fixed two-bladed propellers, also designed by engineer Sima Milutinović. Two Alclad floats made by the EDO Corporation were attached to the engine nacelles and fuselage.〔Станојевић, Д.; Јанић, Ч; (12/1982.). "Животни пут и дело једног великана нашег ваздухопловства - светао пример и узор нараштајима" (in (Serbian)). Машинство (---Београд: Савез инжењера и техничара Југославије) 31: 1867 - 1876.〕〔http://panzercentral.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=17187〕 The basic aircraft weapons were anti-submarine bombs, of which the plane could carry one 100 kg bomb or two 50 kg. For anti-personnel action the plane could carry 12 fragmentation bombs massing 12 kg each. Typically, the aircraft was armed with two machine guns on board: one placed in the nose to by operated by the observer and the other in the rear gunner's cockpit. Bombsights were made in Yugoslavia and the bombing of Viro in low flight also Brilet local sights.〔Isaić, Vladimir; Frka Danijel (2010.). "Hidroavion Rogožarski SIM XIV-H" (in (English)). Naval Aviation at the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea 1918-1941 (Volume 1). ---Zagreb: Tko zna zna. pp. 73-91. ISBN 978-953-97564-6-6.〕 Testing of the prototype was successful, with the aircraft demonstrating good handling, and the type was ordered into production. The first batch of six SIM-XIV-H, known as the Series O, differed from the prototype in having the turret removed from the nose and the tail modified. The second batch of six aircraft, the Series 1, had a cantilever wing, eliminating the bracing between the wing and the fuselage, and had 270 hp (201 kW) Argus As-10 engines driving metal two-pitch propellers.〔Green 1962, pp. 203–204.〕 A third batch of 12 aircraft was ordered in 1940, with 450 hp (336 kW) Argus As 410, but construction was interrupted by the German invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941. Plans for a landplane trainer adaptation of the SIM-XIV-H were also abandoned.〔Green 1962, p. 204.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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