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Latécoère Huîtrier
History
In 1945, building on their recent experience from the Trombe flying-boat jet fighter, Latécoère began developing a catapult-ready turbojet-powered naval reconnaissance plane. The new aircraft, named the Huîtrier after the oystercatcher, had a degree of resemblance to the preceding Trombe, imitating its V-shaped tail form and overhead engine.
With the engine intake located above the parasol wing, the entire nose of the aircraft was used for the crew cabin. The pilot sat on the right hand side of the cabin, while the navigator-observer worked in a prone position in the greenhouse-like nose. There is a bulb on the shoulder of the port wing for a surface-search radar.
SNECMA manufactured a special version of their M-44 turbojet, the M-44/PAM (pour les applications maritimes), which used a higher percentage of corrosion-resistant materials in its construction.
General characteristics
Crew: 2 (pilot, navigator/observer)
Length: 12.1 m (39.7 ft)
Wingspan: 12.5 m (41 ft)
Height: 4.3 m (14.1 ft)
Wing area: 25.2 m²
Empty weight: 3,438 kg ( lb)
Loaded weight: 5,360 kg ( lb)
Max takeoff weight: 5,620 kg ( lb)
Powerplant: 1 × SNECMA M-44/PAM turbojet, 8.8 kN (1980 lbf) thrust
Performance
Maximum speed: 680 km/h (367 knots, 423 mph)
Range: 1850 km (1,150 miles)
Service ceiling: 9,000 m (29,528 ft)
Rate of climb: 17.5 m/s (3445 ft/min)
Armament
- 1 × Hotchkiss 12.7mm machine gun in remote-control tail mounting
Some nice ideas there.
I guess the navigator-observer in the Latécoère Huîtrier will have a comfy ride lying prone!
I assume he has some kind of rearward periscope sight system to aim the real barbette?
Not sure if I've mentioned Jean Christophe Carbonel's French Secret Projects Vol.1: Post-War Fighters which came out last year?
You might find that interesting, certainly lots about French projects that I've never seen in English print before.
The accompanying Vol 2 on Bombers, Maritime Patrol Aircraft, Transports and Helicopters has just come out too. A really nice set.
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Sikorsky S-19 / SFG SH.40 Tourbillon
OTL Sikorsky "H-19 Chickasaw"
General Characteristics
Crew: two (pilot, copilot)
Capacity: ten troops or eight stretchers
Length: 12.91 m (42 ft 4 in)
Rotor diameter: 16.16 m (53 ft)
Height: 4.07 m (13 ft 4 in)
Disc area: 205 m2 (2206 sq ft)
Empty weight: 2,177 kg (4,795 lb)
Loaded weight: 3,409 kg (7,500 lb)
Powerplant:
-- Sikorsky S-19: 1 × Shvetsov ASh-21 radial engine, (522 kW / 700HP)
-- SFG SH.40 Tourbillon: 1 × Gnome et Rhône 14M radial (522kW / 700HP)
Performance
Maximum speed: 163 kph (101 mph, 88 knots)
Cruise speed: 137 kph (85 mph. 74 knots)
Range: 725 km (450 mi, 391 nmi)
Service ceiling: 3,200 m (10,500 ft)
Notes
Designed in Russia by the Sikorsky Design Bureau, with some design input from SFG (in France). In OTL, this is the Sikorsky "H-19 Chickasaw", but since Sikorsky didn't leave Russia in Wesworld, this is primarily a Russian design, designated the S-19. SFG essentially operates as a subsidiary of Sikorsky OKB, license-building helicopters for Western Europe.
The Tourbillon differs from the Russian design by using a Gnome et Rhône radial engine.
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