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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.
Fieseler Fi 156C-2/C-3/D-1: Germany/Romania: Reconnaissance/liaison aircraft: 112 74 built by ICAR Retired after 1948 Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-2: Germany: Reconnaissance 2 In service 1943–1945 Gotha Go 145: Germany: Trainer 15 In service from 1939, retired after 1948 Gotha Go 150: Germany: Trainer 1 Requisitioned in 1941, retired after 1948 Gotha ...
Data from Challenger.ca General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger and 500 lb (227 kg) useful load Length: 20 ft (6.1 m) Wingspan: 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m) Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Wing area: 177 sq ft (16.4 m 2) Empty weight: 460 lb (209 kg) Max takeoff weight: 960 lb (435 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 503 twin cylinder, inline, two stroke, piston aircraft engine, 50 hp (37 kW ...
1 x 76.2 mm M-1936 F-22 (1) 1 x 76.2 mm ZIS-3 (20) 1 x 7.92 mm ZB-53 machine gun Vânătorul de care R35: Tank destroyer/light tank: 30 converted from R35s: 1 x 45 mm 20K mod. 1932–34 tank gun Mareșal: Tank destroyer: 6 prototypes: 1 x 122 mm M1910/30 howitzer (4) 1 x 75 mm DT-UDR (2) 1 x 7.92 mm ZB-53 machine gun
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 Excalibur Ib has improved reliability and lower unit cost than the previous Excalibur Ia-1 and Ia-2. At the time of the award, over 690 Excalibur projectiles had been fired in theater. [ 52 ] In February 2014, the U.S. Army and Raytheon fired 30 Excalibur Ib shells at test targets to confirm the performance and reliability of the ...
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 ...