Bell P-63A Kingcobra

     
Název:
Name:
Bell P-63A Kingcobra Bell P-63A Kingcobra
Originální název:
Original Name:
Bell P-63A Kingcobra
Kategorie:
Category:
stíhací letoun fighter aeroplane
Výrobce:
Producer:
DD.10.1943-DD.12.1944 Bell Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, New York
Období výroby:
Production Period:
DD.10.1943-DD.12.1944
Vyrobeno kusů:
Number of Produced:
1 725
První vzlet:
Maiden Flight:
07.12.1942
Osádka:
Crew:
1
Základní charakteristika:
Basic Characteristics:
 
Vzlet a přistání:
Take-off and Landing:
CTOL - konvenční vzlet a přistání CTOL - conventional take-off and landing
Uspořádání křídla:
Arrangement of Wing:
jednoplošník monoplane
Uspořádání letounu:
Aircraft Concept:
klasické conventional
Podvozek:
Undercarriage:
zatahovací retractable
Přistávací zařízení:
Landing Gear:
kola wheels
Technické údaje:
Technical Data:
 
Hmotnost prázdného letounu:
Empty Weight:
2892 kg 6376 lb
Vzletová hmotnost:
Take-off Weight:
3991 kg 8799 lb
Maximální vzletová hmotnost:
Maximum Take-off Weight:
4763 kg 10501 lb
Rozpětí:
Wingspan:
11.940 m 39ft 2in
Délka:
Length:
9,957 m 32ft 8in
Výška:
Height:
3,835 m 12ft 7in
Plocha křídla:
Wing Area:
23,04 m2 248 ft2
Plošné zatížení:
Wing Loading:
173,220 kg/m2 35.48 lb/ft2
Pohon:
Propulsion:
 
Kategorie:
Category:
pístový piston
Počet motorů:
Number of Engines:
1
Typ:
Type:
Allison V-1710-93 (E11) kapalinou chlazený vidlicový dvanáctiválec přeplňovaný dvoustupňovým radiálním kompresorem, vzletový výkon 988 kW při 3 000 ot/min, maximální výkon 1 368 kW se vstřikem metanolu a vody do sání kompresoru v h= 0 m.
Vrtule Curtiss Electric o průměru 3 380 mm nebo AeroProp
Allison V-1710-93 (E11) twelve-cylinder supercharged liquid-cooled Vee engine, rated at 1,325 hp at 3,000 rpm for take-off, nominal power output 1,150 hp at 22,400 ft and combat power 1,835 hp at sea level with ADI at 3,250 rpm,
driving a four-blade Curtiss Electric constant-speed propeller of the diameter 11ft 1in.
Objem palivových nádrží:
Fuel Tank Capacity:
378 l (339 l s kanónem M10) v interních nádržích, přídavné nádrže: pod trupem 283 l a od verze A-6 ještě 2x 283 l pod křídly, 100 US gallons (90 US gallons with cannpn Type M-10), drop tanks: 75 US gallons under fuselage and version A-6 and later two 75 US gallon tanks under wings.
Výkony:
Performance:
 
Maximální rychlost:
Maximum Speed:
660 km/h v 7620 m 410 mph in 25000 ft
Cestovní rychlost:
Cruise Speed:
450.6 km/h v 6827 m 280 mph in 22400 ft
Rychlost stoupání:
Climb Rate:
12,7 m/s 2500 ft/min
Čas výstupu na výšku:
Time to Climb to:
7,3 min do 7620 m 7,3 min to 25000 ft
Operační dostup:
Service Ceiling:
13106 m 43000 ft
Dolet:
Range:
870 km 540 mi
Maximální dolet:
Maximum Range:
1620 km 1006 mi
Výzbroj:
Armament:
1x pevný kanón Oldsmobile M4 (T9) ráže 37 mm se zásobou 30 nábojů (později od verze A-9 37mm kanón M10 s 58 náboji),
2x pevný synchronizovaný kulomet Colt-Browning M2 ráže 12,7 mm v trupu nad motorem, po 270 nábojích a
2x pevný kulomet Colt-Browning M2 ráže 12,7 mm v gondolkách pod křídlem, po 250 nábojích.
Pumový náklad: do 680 kg nebo 6x 127 mm rakety HVAR.
One fixed 1.46 inch Oldsmobile M4 (T9) cannon firing through the propeller hub with 30 rounds or later Oldsmobile M10 cannon with 58 rounds,
two fixed forward-firing 0.50 inch Colt-Browning M2 machine-guns in the upper nose firing through the prop, 270 rpg and
two fixed forward-firing 0.50 inch Colt-Browning M2 machine-guns in underwing gondolas, 250 rpg.
Bomb load: Three 500 lb bombs or six 5 inch HVAR rockets.
Uživatelské státy:
User States:
USA
Velká Británie
SSSR
Honduras
United States
United Kingdom
USSR
Honduras
Poznámka:
Note:
- -
Zdroje:
Sources:
Jacek Tomalik, Bell P-63 Kingcobra, XFL-1 Airabonita, P-39 Airacobra Cz.2, Monografie Lotnicze 59, Gdańsk, Poland, AJ-Press, 2001. ISBN 83-7237-034-6.
William Green, War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Four: Fighters, London, MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., Sixth impression 1969, first edition 1961. ISBN 0-356-01448-7.
Miroslav Šnajdr, Airacobra v amerických službách (USAAF, 1941-1944), Olomouc, Votobia, 1996, ISBN 80-7198-092-7
Zbyněk Válka, Stíhací letadla 1939-45/USA-Japonsko, Olomouc, Votobia, 1996, ISBN 80-7198-091-9.
http://www.airwar.ru/enc/fww2/p63.html
archiv autora
URL : https://www.valka.cz/Bell-P-63A-Kingcobra-t1082#457331 Version : 0

Variant produced (pcs)serial numbers

XP-63A
1 42-78015

P-63A-1
50 42-68861 - 42-68910

P-63A-5
20 42-68911 - 42-68930

P-63A-6
130 42-68931 - 42-69060

P-63A-7
150 42-69061 - 42-69210

P-63A-8
200 42-69211 - 42-69410

P-63A-9
236 42-69411 - 42-69646

P-63A-9
6 42-69648 - 4269653

P-63A-9
114 42-69655 - 42-69769

P-63A-9
1 42-69770

P-63A-9
29 42-69772 - 42-697800

P-63A-9
59 42-69802 - 42-69860

P-63A-10
19 42-69861 - 42-69879

P-63A-10
711 42-69975 - 42-70685


Source:
Jacek Tomalik Bell P-63 Kingcobra, XFL-1 Airabonita, P-39 Airacobra Cz.2, a Monograph Lotnicze 59, Gdańsk, Poland, AJ-Press, 2001. ISBN 83-7237-034-6.
.
URL : https://www.valka.cz/Bell-P-63A-Kingcobra-t1082#457346 Version : 0
A large number of P-63 Kingcobra machines ready to fly to the USSR under the Lend Lease contract, Buffalo, New York, USA, undated image. The Russian source, below, lists this airfield as the Bell factory airfield in Niagara Falls, summer 1944.


The first two machines in the foreground are indisputably versions of the P-63A-10, as evidenced by the serial numbers on the tail of the aircraft (42-70468 42-70398), as Serial Nos. 42-69975 through 42-70685 belonged to this version. In the Soviet Union, the American serial numbers were not usually painted over, as it was on the basis of these serial numbers that they were used. serial numbers were used to solve e.g. complaints of machines or their parts. The Americans were responsible for the aircraft until the time of their flight to the USSR, so crashed or damaged machines on US territory were replaced by new machines. If the crash occurred already on the territory of the USSR, it was already the responsibility of their new user.


Note the 75 gallon (283 L) auxiliary fuel tanks under the wings of the aircraft. In the Soviet Union, these additional tanks were rarely used, due to the deployment of the machines as frontline fighters. However, flights from the USA to the USSR were not possible without them.


www.mission4today.com
Kotelnikov, V.: Aviaционный ленd-liz, Series: Vozduшные войны XX века. Russian Knights Foundation, 2015,ISBN 978-5-9906036-3-9.

Bell P-63A Kingcobra -


URL : https://www.valka.cz/Bell-P-63A-Kingcobra-t1082#539227 Version : 0
Discussion post Fact post
Attachments


Join us

We believe that there are people with different interests and experiences who could contribute their knowledge and ideas. If you love military history and have experience in historical research, writing articles, editing text, moderating, creating images, graphics or videos, or simply have a desire to contribute to our unique system, you can join us and help us create content that will be interesting and beneficial to other readers.

Find out more