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Producent | Gaspatch Models |
Produktkode | GAS-12-48003 |
Vægt: | 0.37 kg |
Ean: | 5200117690032 |
Skala | 1:48 |
Tilføjet til kataloget: | 18.2.2021 |
Tags: | Salmson-2 |
Built in a large numbers, the French Salmson 2A2 was the most widely used reconnaissance aircraft in the final year of the First World War. So much was the amazement of the Japanese observers in France at its performance that several of these two-seater biplanes were sent to Japan and were later used to train the Japanese aircrew according to the most up-to-date flying techniques. Also, in 1919 the President of the Kawasaki Dockyard Company acquired not only the manufacturing rights to it, but also an army contract to build it. This became a reality in 1920 although the Japanese Army was only allowed to manu-facture engines. Salmson representatives filed a protest, but the two parties came soon to a mutual agreement and worked in collaboration thereafter.Otsu-1 was the first Japanese Army-built version of the French Salmson 2A2 produced in 1920. The Japanese-built 2A2 biplanes were almost identical to the original aircraft apart from minor modifications. Both the French and the Japanese experimented on alternative engines; however, due to overheating problems their production ceased. The modified Type Otsu-1 took part in the Russian Civil War in 1922 and had a wide range of uses including bombing, liaison, light cargo transport and ration re-supply to name just a few. It remained the Japanese Army’s principal reconnaissance aircraft until 1933. After their release from the military service their popularity rose when they were sold as military surplus to civilian pilots and were used as mail planes.
Salmson 2 var et fransk rekognosceringsfly og let bombefly fra 1. Verdenskrig og mellemkrigstiden. Maskinen var bygget i et biplan system, var præget af en træstruktur og havde en klassisk - fast undervogn. Prototypens flyvning fandt sted i 1916, og serieproduktionen fortsatte i 1917-1918. Omkring 3.200 maskiner af denne type blev bygget i løbet af det. Drevet blev leveret af en enkelt Salmson 9Za-motor med 230 HK. Dæksbevæbningen bestod af tre 7,7 mm maskingeværer.
Salmson 2 er udviklet af Emil Salmson i forbindelse med de krav, som den franske militærluftfart stillede til et nyt let bombefly fra 1916. Maskinen viste sig at være vellykket og var sammen med Breguet 14 den franske militærluftfarts vigtigste rekognoscerings- og lette bombefly i perioden 1916-1918! Under konstruktionen blev erfaringerne fra konstruktionen og driften af Salmson 1 (SM-1) flyet brugt. Salmson 2-flyet var kendetegnet ved meget gode pilotegenskaber, var stabilt og havde gode præstationer. To hovedudviklingsversioner blev skabt i løbet af produktionen: SM-2A2 (rekognosceringsversion) og SM-2B2 (bombeversion). Fly af denne type tjente, bortset fra Frankrig, også i luftfarten i Belgien, Japan, USA og Polen. De blev trukket tilbage fra vores luftfart i 1923.
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