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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.
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 ...
The 4 Aces were the quartet of passenger-cargo liners Excalibur, Exochorda, Exeter, and Excambion, originally built for American Export Lines by New York Shipbuilding of Camden, New Jersey between 1929 and 1931. AEL placed the "4 Aces" in service between the US and the Mediterranean, offering cruises of up to 40 days.
The prototype IIA took to the air for the first time on 13 April 1965, about fifteen months after the competing Beech Model 65-90 King Air (which was also derived from the Model 65 Queen Air). 36 Merlin IIA models were built before a follow-on model with Garrett AiResearch TPE-331-1 engines called the SA26-AT Merlin IIB entered production after ...
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. [ 51 ] 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 ...
During World War I, Romania acquired 322 aircraft from France and ex-RNAS aircraft from Great Britain including Nieuport 11 and 17 single seat fighters and Morane-Saulnier LA and Nieuport 12 two seat fighters, Caudron G.3, Henry Farman HF.20, Farman MF.11, and Farman F.40 & 46 artillery observation and reconnaissance aircraft, Caudron G.4 ...
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