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The Rowley P-40F was an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Richard J Rowley and marketed by his company 76th Fighter Squadron Inc, of Meadow Lake Airport, Colorado, first flown in 1986. When it was available the aircraft was supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction.〔Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 250. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1〕 The Rowley P-40F was a 3/4 scale replica of the Second World War Curtiss P-40 Warhawk.〔 The company, 76th Fighter Squadron Inc, was named for the 76th Fighter Squadron, formerly a Flying Tigers unit flying P-40s. ==Design and development== The P-40F featured a cantilever low wing, a single-seat enclosed cockpit under a sliding canopy, conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The aircraft was capable of aerobatics.〔 The aircraft fuselage was made from welded 4130 steel tubing, covered in sheet 2024-T3 aluminum. The span wings were made with a spruce wood box spar, with an aluminum front shear and had a wing area of . The acceptable power range was and the original engine used was a 2si 808, later replaced with a Rotax powerplant.〔 The P-40F prototype had an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for the pilot and baggage was .〔 The standard day, sea level, no-wind takeoff with a engine was and the landing roll was .〔 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「Rowley P-40F」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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