FR_D551.zip
In 1939 Emile Dewoitine built the D.550 to make an attempt on the air speed record. On 23 October the D.550 reached 420 mph at 19,680 feet, an increase of 90 mph over the D.520. Its military potential was quickly recognised, and work began on the D.551. Based on the former plane, D.551 used the Hispano-Suiza 12Y51 engine, giving 1,050 hp. It was to be armed with one Hispano-Suiza Mk.2 20mm cannon engine mounted and two Darne 7.5mm machine guns at the wing or five 7.5mm machine guns, one in the engine and four in the wings. It was designed to be easy to produce, and it only need 4,000 man hours per aircraft ? one D.520 needs about 6,000 hours to be built. Work advanced quickly at the SNCAM plant at Bagneres-de-Bigorre. Sixteen prototypes aircraft were ordered by the French Air Force, and two more built privately by Dewoitine, but none were complete when work was stopped by the armistice (although five were close). Two of them were disguised as racer planes and were about to fly at January 1941, under D.560 cover designation, but Germans authorities discovered the plan and the planes were scraped.
MODEL, VIRTUAL COCKPIT and TEXTURES BY William Dickens (Bismarck13)
DP, AIR, 2D PANEL & CFG FILES BY PEPEREZ (PEPE REZENDE)
by peperez (2007-07-20 09:10:46)
In 1939 Emile Dewoitine built the D.550 to make an attempt on the air speed record. On 23 October the D.550 reached 420 mph at 19,680 feet, an increase of 90 mph over the D.520. Its military potential was quickly recognised, and work began on the D.551. Based on the former plane, D.551 used the Hispano-Suiza 12Y51 engine, giving 1,050 hp. It was to be armed with one Hispano-Suiza Mk.2 20mm cannon engine mounted and two Darne 7.5mm machine guns at the wing or five 7.5mm machine guns, one in the engine and four in the wings. It was designed to be easy to produce, and it only need 4,000 man hours per aircraft ? one D.520 needs about 6,000 hours to be built. Work advanced quickly at the SNCAM plant at Bagneres-de-Bigorre. Sixteen prototypes aircraft were ordered by the French Air Force, and two more built privately by Dewoitine, but none were complete when work was stopped by the armistice (although five were close). Two of them were disguised as racer planes and were about to fly at January 1941, under D.560 cover designation, but Germans authorities discovered the plan and the planes were scraped.
MODEL, VIRTUAL COCKPIT and TEXTURES BY William Dickens (Bismarck13)
DP, AIR, 2D PANEL & CFG FILES BY PEPEREZ (PEPE REZENDE)
by peperez (2007-07-20 09:10:46)
