世界の複葉飛行機模型ローデン(RODEN)「英・フェリックストゥ F.2A 飛行艇上翼機銃座付タイプ」 1/72 (72047) | |
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◆ローデン「英・フェリックストゥ F.2A 飛行艇上翼機銃座付タイプ」 1/72Felixstowe F.2A (With upper wing gunner position)・写真は箱絵です。（イメージ）英・フェリックストゥ F.2A 飛行艇上翼機銃座付タイプ についてThe main task of the Felixstowe F.2A flying boats was to fly long endurance patrols over the North Sea. Each flight entailed serious danger because big, slow flying boats could be easy victims for German naval fighters. When the new German Hansa Brandenburg W.29 entered service in early 1918, catastrophe loomed for the British flying boats, like the Felixstowe F.2A or the Curtiss H.16. The famous German naval ace Friedrich Christiansen shot down six Felixstowe F.2A during the first few months, and two of them during one combat.British flying boats like the Felixstowe F.2A and the Curtiss H.16 had powerful defensive armament which gave them a good chance of beating off an attack from most directions, but on many occasions German pilots attacked the big flying boats from their blind spots; the British gunners couldn't return fire without damaging their own tail unit. This new tactic proved successful, and the British designers were challenged to come up with an answer.One standard late-built Felixstowe F.2A was specially equipped with an additional gun position in the middle of the upper wing, with a curved cupola provided for the gunner. This position was ideal for upper hemisphere defense, because with a 360 degree field of fire there were no blind spots for enemy fighters to exploit.This modified aircraft (serial number N4543) was delivered to 230 Squadron on July 6, 1918. There is little historical data about its successes or failures but it is known that it attacked a U-boat with a bomb on July 9, 1918.Any plans to fit this extra gun on other Felixstowes were cancelled as the war approached its end; attacks by German naval fighters were now rare.N4543 served until November 9, 1918, when it suffered a forced landing due to a fuel system problem and sank. And so ended the first attempt to create a 'fortress boat'; British designers would return to this idea on the eve of World War Two.PerformancesWingspan upper 29,15 m Wingspan lower 20,73 m Length 14,10 m Height 5,33 m Wing Area 112,0 sq m Empty Weight 3424 kg Take-off Weight 4979 kg Maximum Speed 154 km/h Service Ceiling 2925 m Range 950 km Endurance appr. 6 hours Machine Guns 8xLewis 0.303 Bombs 2X460 pounds (104 kg) under wings Engines 2xRollsRoyceEagle VI or VII Engine power 375 hp - ローデン資料より -ドイツの海上戦闘機に対抗するため銃座を増設1918年：双発・対潜哨戒機アメリカ人の航空機設計技師のグレン・カーティスとイギリス人のジョン・ポルトによって生み出された、双発の飛行艇です。1917年の半ばには、ドイツの潜水艦隊は英国のセキュリティへの重大な脅威となり、本機は潜水艦の捜索と破壊の任務に就きましたが、1918年に入るとドイツの戦闘機による被害が多いなり、その対策として翼の中央に追加砲床を設けました。この位置は理想的で、敵の戦闘機に対して盲点が無く360度の射界を得ることができました。模型についてスケールモデル スペックScale：1/72Overall dimensions：404/196Quantity of details：259Manufacturer：ローデン(RODEN)Manufacturing country：ウクライナ(UKRAINE)Box Size：370*240*47●「英・フェリックストゥ F.2A 飛行艇上翼機銃座付タイプ」のプラスチックモデル組立キットです。●DECAL ・FELIXSTOWE F.2A, N4543, No 230 Sqn RAF, based at Felixstowe, July 1918.ギフト用ラッピング（無料）を承ります →詳細はこちらをご確認ください※この商品は完成品ではありません。パーツを組み立てて作るプラモデルです※接着剤は入っていませんので、別にお買い求めください※12歳以下の方が組み立てる場合は、保護者の方も一緒に説明書をお読みください※返品は未開封、未使用のものに限らせていただきます。
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