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The Excalibur was designed as "clone" [1] of the Quad City Challenger II aircraft. The company took the basic Challenger design and incorporated many changes, including mounting the engine upright allowing larger propellers and the Rotax gearbox to be mounted, lengthening the tailboom and enlarging the tail vertical surface to increase stability, shortening the ailerons and replacing control ...
The new design differed so much from the original Excalibur, that a different model designation was needed. It was first given the temporary designation L-104, then it was later officially designated the Model 49 or "Excalibur A". In time, the Model 49 would become a completely different aircraft from the original Model 44.
The SA26 Merlin is a pressurized Excalibur fitted with a different Lycoming TIGO-540 6-cylinder geared piston engine. The TIGO 540 was used despite the fact that one of the reasons the IO-720 was used in the Excalibur was that the Queen Air series' IGSO-480 and IGSO-540 engines from the same manufacturer were so troublesome.
The Sikorsky VS-44 was a large four-engined flying boat built in the United States in the early 1940s by Sikorsky Aircraft. Based on the XPBS-1 patrol bomber, the VS-44 was designed primarily for the transatlantic passenger market, with a capacity of 40+ passengers. Three units were produced: Excalibur, Excambian, and Exeter, plus two XPBS-1 ...
1 In service 1910–1914 A Vlaicu II: Romania Monoplane 1 Crashed in 1913 A Vlaicu III: Romania Monoplane 1 Captured by Germany in 1916 Albatros B.I: Germany Reconnaissance: 1 Purchased in 1913, retired in 1917 Aviatik C.I: Germany Reconnaissance 1 Purchased in 1916 Blériot XI: France Monoplane trainer ~28 Retired in 1919 Blériot XXI: France
M892A1: < 1 m (3 ft 3 in) CEP (K9 at 50 km (31 mi) range) The M982 Excalibur (previously XM982 ) is a 155 mm extended-range guided artillery shell developed in a collaborative effort between the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC). [ 4 ]
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[1] [3] The reduction drive is a choice of two integral gearboxes: the A-type gearbox has a 2.58:1 ratio and can accommodate propellers of up to 4,000 kg/cm2 inertial load; the B-type gearbox has a 3.47:1 ratio and can accommodate propellers of up to 6,000 kg/cm2. [1] [3] The 700E burns 9 L (2.4 US gal) per hour in cruise flight at 4,750 rpm.