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Originally posted by Hood
FMA I-01-IIB Buchon
Developed from the standard I-01-II this improved variant is for the dive-bomber/ fighter requirement with bomb-racks, dive-brakes and ventral armour.
Dimensions: span 10.05m; length 9.14; height 3.22m; wing area 176sq ft; wing loading 41 lb/sq ft; power loading 0.17 lb/hp
Structure: all-metal monocoque fuselage with I section fames and L section stringers with stressed light alloy covering, light alloy used for cantilever tail construction and tailplane covering. Ventral 7mm thick armour plating beneath the engine and cockpit. Cantilever metal wing with two steel spars, all-metal split flaps and aluminium framed ailerons with aluminium covering with two hydraulic dive-brakes. Rudder and elevators aluminium framed with aluminium covering. Retractable hydraulically raised main undercarriage with single oleo-pneumatic legs with twin pneumatic brakes and a retractable castoring tail wheel
Weights: empty 5,802lbs, maximum take-off 7,250lbs
Powerplant: one 1300hp Spartan 1300S V-12 inline engine with supercharger, maximum sea level output to 12,000ft
Performance: max speed 369mph at 15,000ft; service ceiling 21,500ft; rate of climb 2,325ft per minute at 1,500ft; range 311 miles full fuel load
Capacity: pilot in enclosed cockpit
Armament: four 13mm Browning HMG in wings and ventral bomb rack for one 250kg bomb and wing racks for either four 50kg or ten 15kg bombs
Equipment: full controls and navigation equipment including receiver/transmitter, reflector sight, Sperry autopilot and one flare chute
One has the advantage of being a rebuild job and the other new-build but FMA lacks the factory space since its tooling up for I-02s and winding down the I-01 line. Tucan can handle the I-100E rebuild job easily or even IMPA.
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Desertfox" (Nov 4th 2009, 7:17am)
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