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http://www.miles-aircraft.com/M.20.html
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While looking for Info on the Bolton Paul Defiant, I found this rather interesting fighter developement by Miles Aircraft
http://www.miles-aircraft.com/M.20.html
Short Back & Sides Please
Looks like it could have been quite good, bit ugly though
When you realise that the light at the end of the tunnel is actually an oncoming train, you know it's time to run for your life
It certainly was well armed. I find it interesting that The had a better range than the Spit and the Hurricane when it was to be used for defensive purposes only.
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For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci
ah yes i've already read about this design (well it was british) and she would have been more than capable of talking on germany bombers with her 12x.303, allowed due to fixed undercarriage, but as that site says, a bit late for the BoB for which she was really designed............
"Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy."
Fascinating that
When it had a fixed undercarriage.This all-wood 12 gun fighter compared favourably with the contemporary Spitfires and Hurricanes, coming between them in the speed scale,
Technical Data
Source: http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com/htmi/itf/mim20.htm
Miles M 20
Fighter interceptor, United Kingdom, 1940
Sizes and weights
Total Length : 30.085 ft 9.170 m
Greatest height : 12.500 ft 3.810 m
Wingspan : 34.580 ft 10.540 m
Wing area : 234.009 sqft 21.740 qm
Max take off weight : 7759.4 lbs 3519.0 kg
Weight empty : 5871.9 lbs 2663.0 kg
Performance data
Max. speed : 304 kts 563 km/h
Service ceiling : 31398 ft 9570 m
Wing load : 33.21 lbs/ft2 162.00 kg/qm
Range : 756 nm 1400 km
Propulsion
Kind : KVau
Type : Rolls Royce Merlin XX
Power rating (max.) : 1282 hp 1300 ps
Total power rating (max.) : 1282 hp 1300 ps
Other
Crew : 1 1
Armament : 12* cal.303 MG
Kiwimac
interesting you use a site primarily about german aircraft for stats on a british plane..........
"Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy."
Ja, unmoglich!
Kiwimac (DFVS)
That answers that I guess.
Neat airplane, read about it before, one of those "What If." It reminds me of the Bell XP-77
Thats not a lightweight fighter! The Ambrosini S.A.I 403, that was a lightweight fighter!
CC do you actually know any other light weight fighters, that seems to be the only one you talk about??
"Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy."
Because its the only one thats worth talking about
what is it?
The Ambrosini S.A.I 403 Dardo. I posted some stats and a pic on the first page, check it out!
Are you talking about the XP-77? It WAS a lightweight fighter!!Originally Posted by cheddar cheese
Thats not a lightweight fighter! The Ambrosini S.A.I 403, that was a lightweight fighter!
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