Saunders-Roe SR.A/1: Flying Boat, Fighter Aircraft, Seaplane, Saunders-Roe, Royal Air Force - Softcover

 
9786130454883: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1: Flying Boat, Fighter Aircraft, Seaplane, Saunders-Roe, Royal Air Force
Softcover
ISBN 10: 6130454880 ISBN 13: 9786130454883
Verlag: Betascript Publishers, 2010

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 was a prototype flying boat fighter aircraft designed and built by Saunders-Roe. It was tested by the Royal Air Force shortly after World War II. The SR.A/1 was directly inspired by the (modest) successes experienced by the Imperial Japanese Navy with seaplane fighters such as the Nakajima A6M2-N (an adaptation of the Mitsubishi Zero) and the Kawanishi N1K. In theory, seaplanes were ideally suited to conditions in the Pacific theatre, and could turn any relatively calm area of coast into an airbase. Their main disadvantage came from the way in which the bulk of their floatation gear penalised their performance compared to other fighters. Saunders-Roe realised that the new turbojet engine presented an opportunity to overcome this drawback. Not requiring clearance for a propeller, the fuselage could sit lower in the water and utilise a flying boat-type hull. The company approached the Air Ministry with the idea then known as the SR.44, which led to specification E.6/44 and an accompanying development contract for three prototypes in May 1944.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 was a prototype flying boat fighter aircraft designed and built by Saunders-Roe. It was tested by the Royal Air Force shortly after World War II. The SR.A/1 was directly inspired by the (modest) successes experienced by the Imperial Japanese Navy with seaplane fighters such as the Nakajima A6M2-N (an adaptation of the Mitsubishi Zero) and the Kawanishi N1K. In theory, seaplanes were ideally suited to conditions in the Pacific theatre, and could turn any relatively calm area of coast into an airbase. Their main disadvantage came from the way in which the bulk of their floatation gear penalised their performance compared to other fighters. Saunders-Roe realised that the new turbojet engine presented an opportunity to overcome this drawback. Not requiring clearance for a propeller, the fuselage could sit lower in the water and utilise a flying boat-type hull. The company approached the Air Ministry with the idea then known as the SR.44, which led to specification E.6/44 and an accompanying development contract for three prototypes in May 1944.

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Verlag
Betascript Publishers
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
6130454880
ISBN 13 
9786130454883
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
116
Herausgeber
Surhone Lambert M., Timpledon Miriam T., Marseken Susan F.
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