OXFORD Aviation – Bell P-39 N Airacobra , ‘100’ Captain Alexander Pokryshkin 16th GIAP Soviet Air Force 1943

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                Bell P-39 Airacobra

Bell P-39 Airacobra byl americký stíhací letoun bojově nasazený v druhé světové válce. Jeho hodnocení je velmi rozporuplné – v letectvu USA a Velké Británie měl velmi špatnou pověst, naopak sovětskými letci byl hodnocen výborně. Jednalo se o stroj velice neobvyklé a zajímavé koncepce.

The Bell P-39 Airacobra was one of the principal American fighter aircraft in service when the United States entered World War II. The P-39 was used by the Soviet Air Force, and enabled individual Soviet pilots to collect the highest number of kills attributed to any U.S. fighter type flown by any pilot in any conflict.Other major users of the type included the Free French, the Royal Air Force, the United States Army Air Forces, and the Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force.

General characteristics

• Crew: One
• Length: 30 ft 2 in (9.2 m)
• Wingspan: 34 ft 0 in (10.4 m)
• Height: 12 ft 5 in (3.8 m)
• Wing area: 213 sq ft (19.8 m²)
• Empty weight: 6,516 lb (2,955 kg)
• Loaded weight: 7,570 lb (3,433 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 8,400 lb (3,800 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Allison V-1710-85 liquid-cooled V-12, 1,200 hp (894 kW) at 9,000 ft (using emergency power)

Performance

• Never exceed speed: 525 mph (845 km/h)
• Maximum speed: 389 mph (626 km/h) at 10,000 ft (using emergency power)
• Stall speed: 95 mph (152 km/h) Power off Flaps & undercarriage down
• Range: 525 miles on internal fuel (840 km)
• Service ceiling: 35,000 ft (10,700 m)
• Rate of climb: 3805 ft/min (19,3 m/s) at 7,400 ft (using emergency power)
• Wing loading: 34.6 lb/sq ft (169 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.16 hp/lb (0.27 kW/kg)
• Time to climb: 15,000 in 4.5 min at 160 mph (260 km/h).

Armament

• Guns:
  • 1 × 37 mm M4 cannon in nose (firing through the propeller hub) with 30 rounds of HE-T ammunition.
  • 2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) synchronized Browning M2 machine guns, nose-mounted; 200 rounds per gun
  • 2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns (one each wing), 300 rounds per gun
• Bombs: Up to 500 lb (230 kg) of bombs under wings and belly