Fairey Firefly
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Vloga | Palubni lovec |
Proizvajalec/-ci | Fairey Aviation Company, Ltd. |
Krstni polet | 22. december 1941 |
Predstavljen | 1943 |
Upokojen | 1956 (Fleet Air Arm) |
Glavni uporabnik | Fleet Air Arm (Kraljeva mornarica) |
Izdelovan | 1941-1955 |
Število izdelanih | 1702 |
Fairey Firefly ("kresnica") je bil britanski palubni lovec iz obdobja 2. svetovne vojne. Imel je nizko nameščeno kantilever krilo in uvlačljivo pristajalno podvozje z repnim kolesom. Poganjal ga je 12-valjni Rolls-Royce Griffon V-motor. Firefly je bil bolj sposoben in močneje oborožen kot njegov predhodnik Fulmar, se je pa Firefly pojavil šele proti koncu vojne.
Med 2. svetovno vojno je letalo uporabljala britanska Fleet Air Arm (Kraljeva mornarica). Po vojni so letalo izvozili v Avstralijo, Kanado, Dansko, Nizozemsko, Indijo, Švedsko in Tajsko.
Specifikacije (Mk I)
[uredi | uredi kodo]Podatki iz British Naval Aircraft since 1912; Thetford 1978, p. 171
Splošne karakteristike
- Posadka: 2
- Dolžina: 37 ft 7¼ in (11,46 m)
- Razpon kril: 44 ft 6 in (13,57 m)
- Višina: 13 ft 7 in (4,14 m)
- Površina kril: 328 ft² (30,5 m²)
- Teža praznega letala: 9750 lb (4432 kg)
- Naložena teža: 14020 lb (6373 kg)
- Pogon letala: 1 × 12-valjni V-motor Rolls-Royce Griffon IIB, 1730 KM (1290 kW)
Zmogljivost
- Maks. hitrost: 316 mph (275 vozlov, 509 km/h) na višini 14000 čevljev (4300 m)
- Doseg: 1300 milj (1130 nmi, 2090 km)
- Višina leta: 28000 ft (8530 m)
- Čas do višine 3050 m: 5 min 45 sek
Oborožitev
- Strelno orožje: 4 × 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 topoovi
- Rakete: 8 × RP-3 "60 lb" rakete
- Bombe: 2 × 1000 lb (454 kg) bombi (pod krili
Glej tudi
[uredi | uredi kodo]Sklici
[uredi | uredi kodo]Bibliografija
[uredi | uredi kodo]- Bridgman, Leonard (1988). Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Crescent Books. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.
- Brown, Eric, CBE, DCS, AFC, RN., William Green and Gordon Swanborough. "Fairey Firefly". Wings of the Navy, Flying Allied Carrier Aircraft of World War Two. London: Jane's Publishing Company, 1980, pp. 145–157. ISBN 0-7106-0002-X.
- Bishop, Chris and Soph Moeng, ed.The Aerospace Encyclopedia of Air Warfare, Vol. 2: 1945 to the Present (World Air Power Journal). London: AIRtime Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1-874023-88-3.
- Bussy, Geoffrey. Fairey Firefly: F.Mk.1 to U.Mk.9 (Warpaint Series 28). Milton Keynes, UK: Hall Park Books Ltd., 2001. OCLC 65202534.
- Buttler, Tony. British Secret Projects: Fighters & Bombers 1935-1950. Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-85780-179-2.
- Harrison, William A. Fairey Firefly - The Operational Record. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife, 1992. ISBN 1-85310-196-6.
- Harrison, William A. Fairey Firefly in Action (Aircraft number 200). Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications Inc., 2006. ISBN 0-89747-501-1.
- Mason, Tim. The Secret Years: Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939-1945. Manchester, UK: Hikoki, 1998. ISBN 0-9519899-9-5.
- Taylor, H.A. Fairey Aircraft since 1915. London: Putnam, 1974. ISBN 0-370-00065-X.
- Thetford, Owen. British Naval Aircraft since 1912. London: Putnam, Fourth edition, 1978. ISBN 0-370-30021-1.
- Thomas, Graham. Furies and Fireflies over Korea: The Story of the Men and Machines of the Fleet Air Arm, RAF and Commonwealth Who Defended South Korea 1950-1953. London: Grub Street, 2004. ISBN 1-904010-04-0.
- Wilson, Stewart. Sea Fury, Firefly and Sea Venom in Australian Service. Weston Creek, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 1993. ISBN 1-875671-05-6.
Zunanje povezave
[uredi | uredi kodo]- Video of Fairey Firefly Mk 5 taxiing at an airshow
- Shearwater Aviation Museum Firefly restoration Arhivirano 2007-05-02 na Wayback Machine.
- Warbird Registry - Fairey Firefly
- "Royal Navy's Firefly Is a Deadly Fighter-Scout." Popular Mechanics, February 1945, p. 11.