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This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Desertfox" (Dec 16th 2010, 1:42am)
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Aviacion Mexicana
AM A-10 Javalina
Dedicated ground attack aircraft built around a version of the 47mm cannon, equivalent to the Hs129. It has entered service as of January 1940.
Power: 2x flat-six aircooled 500hp
Armament: 2 25.4mm cannon and 4 .30 caliber MGs in the nose or 1 47mm cannon and 4 .30 caliber MGs in the nose. 1,000lbs of bombs and rockets.
Size: Wingspan - 47ft
Length - 32ft
Wing area - 310sq ft
Weight: Empty - 9,000lb
Max take-off - 11,200lb
Performance: Max speed - 270mph
Ceiling - 29,000ft
Range - 700 miles
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Originally posted by Desertfox
Experimental Aircraft
Two experimental aircraft programs are currently underway.
Several gliders are being flown to test tailless design. The goal is to eventually have rocket powered interceptors. Due to the lack of a suitable rocket engine, the prototypes are being flown unpowered to test the aerodynamics.
Note, artist impression of jet fighters. Testbed will be single engined.
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An outgrow of the pulsejet program, this testbed is a full scale fighter prototype. Due to problems with the pulsejets, the test bed is currently being flown with a piston engine + ramjet configuration.
The actual pulsejet is currently being flown on a modified Aguila III.
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The Aguila V performance was based on the P-51B and the Spitfire IX. I do have to correct the range because it should be slightly more than the Spit but much less than the P-51B. Laminar flow wings are just a different airfoil shape, and you know that they really don't work as advertised.But they are in style at this point in time so Mexico has to have them. The engine is US designed and built, and the supercharger either US or Atlantean. The program was based on the Aguila III and GW-105M+ so it didn't come out of the blue. The engine and some of the technology appeared in the 1939 Talons Aguila III+.
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Updated the pics.
What eventually will come out like 5 years down the road...
As far as the pulsejet issue. Mexico has invested in some sort of jet engine research. Since people do not like pulsejets, I am open to changing it to a crappier, less powerful (that the German equivalent) turbojet (probably based off of a turbocharger) and go with that. Since turbojets first flew in 1939, I see no problem flying a turbojet powered aircraft in 1940.
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Still confused as to why Mexico needs a high speed interceptor with an unconventional powerplant when it has the Aquila and few Heavy bombers to worry about....
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