Hobby 2000 1/72 Bristol Beaufighter Mk 1F

The Bristol Beaufighter is a British heavy, twin-engined night fighter, attack aircraft and torpedo plane, with a full metal, half-shell structure. It flew for the first time on June 17, 1939, and its serial production began in the same year. During the war, many versions of the Beaufighter aircraft were created, including Mk.I, Mk.II, T.F. Mk.X or T.F. Mk.XI. The Mk.I version was the first to act as a night fighter and equipped with the AI ​​Mk. IV. It also had strong armament: 4 20mm cannons and 6 7.7mm MGs. Mk..X version. it was the last to be produced in large quantities and combined the advantages of a fighter plane with the strike force of a torpedo bomber. This version was powered by Bristol Hercules XVII engines with a capacity of 1770HP. Bristol Beaufighter planes served a total of 53 squadrons of the RAF, 15 squadrons of the Royal Navy and the Polish 307 Squadron of Lwowskie Puchacze. All versions and models of this plane were not easy to fly and they suffered terrible traffic jams and problems caused by the failure of one engine. In addition, the Bristol Beaufighter had a very weak rudder which resulted in poor directional stability. Mainly for these reasons, from 1943 they were successively replaced on the front lines by the DeHavilland Mosquito. Technical data: Maximum speed: 512 km / h, rate of climb: 8.17 m / s, maximum ceiling 5800 m, maximum range: 2816 km, weapons (hunting version): fixed - 4 cannons Hispano kal 20 mm and 6 7.7 mm caliber machine guns, suspended - up to 906 kg of bombs.

Basic information
Manufacturer Hobby 2000
Product code HBD72002
Weight: 0.37 kg
Ean: 5903002057018
Scale 1:72
Added to catalog on: 22.1.2019
Tags: Bristol-Beaufighter