1943: FAA's ideal combat trio

[RCAFson]

Back to the topic, if I may:

- 2-seat fighter: a plane that would, from the side, looked like Defiant. Wings need to be of grater area (cca 300+ sq ft), since there half of the fuel tanks are going, along with all guns ammo; other half of the fuel goes under the crew compartment, much like it was the case for the Fw-190s; the heavy fighter needs a big wing anyway The fighter will be a long endurance one, so at least 170-180 rounds for each of the 4 cannons are needed. Either Griffon, or 2-stage Merlin aboard; Sabre sounds so tempting, yet sensitive as an option for the 1943 CV-capable bird Maybe a 2-stage R-2800, so an LMG bullet that hit home (from the bomber's return fire, maybe) does not mean that the fighter is lost 100-200 miles away from the carrier, shortcoming being less endurance on same fuel as the RR engined counterpart. Wing not too tick, featuring Fairey-Youngman flaps.

Fairey Firefly F1.

 

[Juha]

Hello Tomo
I agree with RCAFson in this, your description is very much like Firefly Mk I

 

[tomo pauk]

I'm familiar with the Firefly, but the plane has enough of the different things.
The size is smaller, crew is far more closer to each other, the wheel bays are in front of the front spar (so the fuel can go between the spars), ammo bays are outboard of the guns, the wing folds just outboard of the wing tanks. As for the engine choice, the jury is still out.