Luftfoto. Ett fly i luften, NDN 1 Firecracker G-NDNI.
Produsentland: England.
Tekn. data: motor: 1x 260 hk Lycoming AEIO-540.
Vingespenn: 7,92 m. Lengde: 7,70 m. Høyde: 3 m.
Maks TO vekt: 1 202 kg. Maks hast.: 340 km/t.
THE *FIRECRA ...
Produsentland: England.
Tekn. data: motor: 1x 260 hk Lycoming AEIO-540.
Vingespenn: 7,92 m. Lengde: 7,70 m. Høyde: 3 m.
Maks TO vekt: 1 202 kg. Maks hast.: 340 km/t.
THE *FIRECRACKER* - NEW BRITISH TRAINING AIRCRAFT
Britain's new *Firecracker* civil and military 2-seater trainer aircraft, seen here over southern England, is designed to be handbulit under "technology transfer" programmes.
Highly versatile and fully aerobatic, the 340 kmh aircraft is designed for gunnery and rocketry instruction, agricultural flying, glider and target towing in addition to a basic flying training syllabus. It will carry a weapons system on four under-wing pylons.
An extensiver flight test programme has commenced and early flights indicate that performance is well up to expectations. The airframe is shortly to be submitted to fatigue tests in a *cathedral* rig where it will be subjected to loads to simulate and accelerate the stresses found in flight.
Firecracker is fitted with dive brakes and the 260 hp engine drives a three-bladed propeller. Construction is all-metal; using easily produced sections in light alloy or sheet steel.
The aircraft's *technology transfer programme*, in wich the manufacturers provide alle the exertise to establish a ready- made production line in an overseas country, has aroused world-wide interest. Discussions are currently taking place with a number of potential overseas customers.
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