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| Specifications: | ||
| Wingspan: | 2390 mm | 94" |
| Length: | 1570 mm | 62" |
| Wing surface: | 87 dm² | 1359 sq” |
| Wing loading: | 50 gm/dm² | 16.7 oz/sq’ |
| Weight: | 7900 gm | 18 lb |
| Engine: | .60 - .90 (10 - 15 cc) 2-stroke | |
| .90 - 1.20 (15 - 20 cc) 4-stroke | ||
| Radio: | Min. 4-channel and 5 servos | |
The Model
The model is fairly easy to transport. Both wing panels are removable by disconnecting the a few rigging wires and four interlocking screws plus the servo connectors. All settings and trims are retained.
The model includes the Lewis MG mounted on the Scarff ring.
Bristol F2B
The Bristol model F2B fighter/ reconnaissance with improved 275 hp. Rolls-Royce Falcon engine and fighter tactics applied, became a tremendous success. The engine was liquid cooled and the radiator first deployed as side mounted, soon to be changed and located up front giving the nose the characteristic outline.
The armament was a Vickers .303 machine gun mounted under the hood and shooting synchronized to fire through the propeller arc through a round outlet in the upper part of the radiator. For the observer there was a Lewis machine gun mounted on a Scarff ring mount. As production increased during 1917 it became difficult for Roll-Royce to keep up with demand and other engine alternatives were tried and employed.
This was a very successful aircraft type with more than 4700 aircraft produced and a production that continued long after the war ended. The aircraft saw action in many foreign countries and was used by the British in their overseas operations. As production of the F2B increased in speed during mid-summer 1917, additional Royal Flying Corps squadrons were formed or re-equipped with the new Bristol fighter. The production F2B featured a reduced chord tail plane with longer span elevators. These were later changed to use the elevators of the F2A with the tail plane of the F2B and this arrangement was retained for all wartime F2Bs.
The Bristol fighter was to see service in various theaters of war, including with No 139 in Italy and No 67 (Australian) Squadron in the Middle East.
Nos. 33, 36, 39, 76 and 141 Squadrons used Bristol Fighters for home defense duties. The F2Bs used by home defense units as night fighters were modified in a number of ways. Some were fitted with navigation lights on the lower wing tips and rudders, Holt flare brackets beneath each lower wing tip and illuminated gun sights. Other night fighters were fitted with additional forward firing machine guns. One aircraft of No 39 Home Defense Squadron had two Lewis guns fitted over the wing in addition to its normal single Vickers gun and twin Lewis guns for the observer.
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