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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 Cliche & HKS General characteristics Type: Two cylinder, four-stroke aircraft engine Bore: 85 mm (3.3 in) Stroke: 60 mm (2.4 in) Displacement: 680 cc (41.49 cu in) Dry weight: 55 kg (121 lb) equipped with electrical system, electric starter, carburetors, gearbox, exhaust system, oil tank and cooler Components Valvetrain: two intake and two exhaust valves per cylinder Fuel type ...
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 ...
One of the engineers designing IAR aircraft in the early 1930s was Elie Carafoli. During 1930, IAR's first original aircraft, the IAR CV 11, performed its maiden flight; it functioned as an experimental design only. [4] One of its earliest aircraft to reach quantity production was the IAR 14, a trainer aircraft derived from the IAR 12 prototype ...
In both of its appearances, Excalibur is presented as a gigantic, ground-based laser system that utilises mirror satellites to direct its laser beam; the device was originally designed to counter ICBMs, but was repurposed into an anti-aircraft weapon. The Excalibur weapon also appears in 2019 film 'Rim of the World', where four teens use ...
Excalibur Airways Airbus A320 at Faro Airport in 1992. Excalibur Airways was formed in the spring of 1992 and was based at the East Midlands Airport. It began charter operations with three leased Airbus A320s and most of the flights were out of London Gatwick airport. In 1994, one more A320 and a Boeing 737-300 were added. Excalibur was the ...
Excalibur 2555 AD is an action-adventure game developed by Tempest Software and published by Telestar Electronic Studios in Europe and Sir-Tech in North America for the PlayStation in 1997 and ported to Windows by Fish (UK) later that year.