kitplane01
Airman 1st Class
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- Apr 23, 2020
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I am looking forward to reading the replies to this thread!
Regarding biggest, The K class (my idea of a personal aircraft) certainly wouldn't be the heaviest. Would there have been a larger aircraft, area wise or with a larger footprint? I'm thinking high altitude reconnaissance.
I like the flying boat category. A separate float plane category too? I like the looks of the IJN planes.
I like the best fighter being a Spit with a tired engine.
"Gross or Useful Lift" is an airship (dirigible or blimp) designation for maximum amount of weight it can safely carry, not it's actual weight.A K-class blimp has a gross lift of about 25,000 lbs. I don't know of any plane with less than 1,000 hp weighing more.
It's empty weight was about 17,000 lbs. It had about another 7,000 lbs payload. Biggest thing I know of that could fly on 1,000 hp.My bad. I meant empty weight.
The A6M2-21 Sakei 12 engine developed just over 1000hp using WEP, and the Merlin III on the Spitfire 1A developed over 1300hp using WEP (12lb boost)Can anyone improve this list please.
Best aircraft any time in WWII of under 1,000 HP:
Fastest: Dewoitine D.520C.1 ????
Biggest: K-Class Blimp
Highest Alitiude: ?????
Fighter: Spitfire Mk1a (with a tired engine that's missing 30HP)
Carrier Based Fighter: Mitsubishi Zero
Close Air Support: Breda Ba.65 or HS 123 (Seems like weak choices)
ASW: K-Class Blimp
Transport: Lockheed Electra
Carrier Based Attack: Stringbag
STOL: Fi 156 Storch
Flying Boat: Grumman G-21 Goose or Grumman J2F Duck if you're operating from a catapult
Most Attractive: Lockheed Vega
The A6M2-21 Sakei 12 engine developed just over 1000hp using WEP, and the Merlin III on the Spitfire 1A developed over 1300hp using WEP (12lb boost)
Fokker D-21
Lysander
Avia B.534
The original P-36A, with a 900hp R-1830-13?
I am not arguing anything, just presenting options.Are you arguing that this plane is better than both the Zero an the very early Spitfire?