To overcome this problem, the design team lead by Rex Beisel came up with a "bent" inverted gull wing design. The simple answer of a tall undercarriage would be unacceptable due to the harsh landing loads expected for a carrier based aircraft. The engine required a very large diameter propeller to use the 1850 horsepower available, which gave the Vought engineers a headache as it required an equally large clearance to the ground. Chance Vought successfully answered this request with a proposal for an aircraft fitted with the biggest, most powerful, air-cooled engine of the day - the hugely powerful Pratt and Whitney 18-cylinder Double Wasp. Bureau of Aeronautics issued a specification to manufacturers for a carrier-based fighter bomber.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands GBP £.You're currently viewing prices in GBP £.
0 kommentar(er)
