Hallo again guys
This was another project conceived in 1937 by PZL
PZL.38 "Wilk" (wolf)
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This beautiful plane was created as a multipurpose heavy fighter (like the Bf 110), the engineer Franciszek Misztal was based on a small design and the aerodynamics of the PZL.37 ?o?.
Description:
It was a twin-engine low-wing cantilever monoplane of metal construction, metal covered. The fuselage was semi-monocoque, elliptic in cross-section. The crew of two - pilot and rear gunner/bombardier/observer sat under separate canopies, far from each other, fitted with dual controls. A canopy of pilot's cockpit opened aside. Three part wing, outer parts were built around light closed profiles. Wings fitted with slats and split flaps. Twin vertical stabilizers. Engines in underwing nacelles. Retractable landing gear, with main wheels retracting into engine nacelles, and a rear skid. Three-blade variable (P.38/I) or two-blade fixed propellers (PZL.38/II). Fuel tanks in wings - 500 l.
General characteristics:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL.38_Wilk
Crew: 2, pilot, rear gunner/bombardier
Length: 8.35 m
Wingspan: 11.05 m
Height: 2.50 m
Wing area: 20.4 m² (ft²)
Empty weight: 2,155 kg
Loaded weight: 2,800 kg
Useful load: 645 kg
Powerplant: 2 × PZL Foka air-cooled 8-cylinder V-engine, 490 hp each
Performance:
Maximum speed: 400 km/h /estimated 465 km/h
Range: 850 km
Service ceiling: 9,000 m estimated
Rate of climb: 8 m/s estimated
Wing loading: 137 kg/m²
Armament:
1 x 20 mm FK-A cannon fixed in nose
2 x 7.92 mm PWU wz.36 machine guns fixed in nose
2 x 7.92 mm PWU wz.37 machine guns movable at the upper rear
300 kg bombs
In this video you can see the two designs created, the cockpit (very important)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP6bIgSnl_AA funny Wilk:
It looked small for a heavy fighter, would be excellent to see in our IL-2 and hunt Heinkel He-111 and Bf 110 defending Poland, is not it?
Long Live the Polish pilots!
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