Fletcher BG-2一款二战期间由弗莱彻航空公司英语Fletcher Aviation设计的轰炸滑翔机

Fletcher BG-2
概观
类型军用轰炸滑翔机
乘员0人
生产弗莱彻航空公司英语Fletcher Aviation
产量0架
现况已取消
主要用户美国陆军航空军
衍生自BG-1
技术数据
长度23.3英尺(7.1米)[1]
翼展45.0 英尺(13.7米)
翼面积208平方英尺(19.3平方米)
空重2,431磅(1,103公斤)
正常起飞重量6,531磅(2,962公斤)
武器装备
炸弹2枚2,000磅的炸弹

发展

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XBG-2(Model 16)是弗莱彻先前设计的BG-1延伸品。该机也是一款木制轰炸滑翔机,而该滑翔机又是弗莱彻基于其YCQ-1(FBT-2极其失败的无人机版本)的无人机技术,操控XBG-2。它将由BG-1的两个机身和外翼板组成,并由新的机翼中心部分和连接两个垂直尾翼的水平尾翼连接,以及位于内侧机翼下方的中线或右舷机身的电视整流罩鼻子。主起落架由四个主起落架支柱支撑,每个机身可容纳一枚2,000磅的炸弹。[1][2]

美国陆军航空军于1942年4月订购了3架XBG-2(序号42-46902/4)。[3][N 1]然而,因为BG-1差强人意的操控性能,1942年9月8日,BG-2合约未完成就被取消。[1]

参考

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  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Norton, Bill. American Military Gliders of World War II: Development, Training, Experimentation, and Tactics of All Aircraft Types. Atglen, PA: Shiffer Publishing, Ltd. p. 210.
  2. ^ BG Series. Designation-systems.net. 2009-06-25 [2020-04-06]. (原始内容存档于2023-11-11). 
  3. ^ Andrade, John (1979). U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.
  4. ^ Bill Norton: "American Military Glider Experiments of WWII", AAHS Journal Vol. 53 No. 2, Summer 2008

注记

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  1. ^ Andrade (1979, pp. 59, 96) states that the XBG-2s on contract were originally ordered as a production batch of the Frankfort CG-1; however, Andreas Parsch notes that Andrade's mention of the XBG-2 bomb gliders being originally ordered as CG-1s is due to a Q→G typo in CQ-1, since Norton (2008) points out that the BG-2, like the BG-1, was derived from the CQ-1 drone controller plane.[4]