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Armstrong-Whitworth AW-41 Albemarle

5,987 MrKoT  6.0 years ago

AG 1-VTOL Up to open bomber.
AG2- VTOL TRIM - up and down to control the turret.
The plane is very stable, I went a bit out of the construction dates that I pointed out, it was hard to make it fly.
And sorry that at once did not put his description simply the Internet was over and did not have time to write.
HISTORY
The first Albemarle (P1360) first flew on 20 March 1940 at Hamble Aerodrome, where it was assembled by Air Service Training and was the first of two prototypes built by Armstrong Whitworth.[10] To improve take-off, a wider span 77 ft (23 m) wing was fitted after the eighth aircraft. Plans for using it as a bomber were dropped due to delays in reaching service, it was not an improvement over current medium bombers (such as the Vickers Wellington) and it had obvious shortcomings compared to the four-engined heavy bombers about to enter service but it was considered suitable for general reconnaissance.

The Soviet Air Force placed a contract for delivery of 200 Albemarles in October 1942. A RAF unit No. 305 FTU, at RAF Errol near Dundee was set up to train Soviet ferry crews. During training, one aircraft was lost with no survivors.

The first RAF squadron to operate the Albemarle was No. 295 at RAF Harwell in January 1943. Other squadrons to be equipped with the Albemarle were No. 296, No. 297 and No. 570. Other RAF squadrons operated small numbers of the aircraft. On 9 February 1943, the first operational flight was a 296 Squadron Albemarle which dropped leaflets over Lisieux in Normandy.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArmstrongWhitworthAlbemarle

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General Characteristics

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  • Wingspan 77.7ft (23.7m)
  • Length 65.2ft (19.9m)
  • Height 11.9ft (3.6m)
  • Empty Weight 29,281lbs (13,281kg)
  • Loaded Weight 39,674lbs (17,996kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.163
  • Wing Loading 56.3lbs/ft2 (274.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 705.0ft2 (65.5m2)
  • Drag Points 18242

Parts

  • Number of Parts 358
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 1,374
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    5,987 MrKoT

    Thanks to everyone very much, I did not expect such that he will gain such popularity in a couple of hours. :)

    6.0 years ago
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    5,987 MrKoT

    @GINGER01 There was simply no internet, but it was easy to fly on, and there was not much talk about landing at all (it was very easy to plant it)

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    8,281 12ocketguy

    The detail on this is very good. Keep up the good work. Possibly add a description on your post to include history of the plane, AG controls, and flight instructions.

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    7,087 Bearclaw189

    Yes good

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    this is amazing!

    6.0 years ago