By Padbury Aircraft
With fighter production seen to be critically low in the near future Boulton Paul proposed a single seat version of the Defiant, with forward firing guns, as a stop gap addition to the Hurricane and Spitire.
The prototype Defiant K8310, now a MKII, was re-converted to it's original single seat layout. By 16th August 1940 flight tests had indicated that a Merlin XX powered version with twelve 0.303" guns would have a top speed of 364 mph at 23,500 ft.
This version was given the project number P94 and more radically armed alternatives were envisaged. One proposal saw it armed with four 0.303" guns and four 20mm canons, the latter being able to aimed downward by 17 degrees whilst in flight to aid ground straffing.
P94 shared many components with the P82 Defiant and could have been assembled on the same production lines. However in the end production of the Hurricane and Spitfire was always able to keep up with the losses and there was no need for the P94 or indeed the Miles M20.
The model uses The Groundcrews British weapons pack, zip file included, and Lobo da Silvas excellent Tempest panel which has been modified slightly to suit.
Version History:
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V1.0 beta version released 4th Jan 2003
V1.1 13/12/03 fixes problems with textures.
See also CFS 2 Aircraft - Other
Submitted by Padbury
With fighter production seen to be critically low in the near future Boulton Paul proposed a single seat version of the Defiant, with forward firing guns, as a stop gap addition to the Hurricane and Spitire.
The prototype Defiant K8310, now a MKII, was re-converted to it's original single seat layout. By 16th August 1940 flight tests had indicated that a Merlin XX powered version with twelve 0.303" guns would have a top speed of 364 mph at 23,500 ft.
This version was given the project number P94 and more radically armed alternatives were envisaged. One proposal saw it armed with four 0.303" guns and four 20mm canons, the latter being able to aimed downward by 17 degrees whilst in flight to aid ground straffing.
P94 shared many components with the P82 Defiant and could have been assembled on the same production lines. However in the end production of the Hurricane and Spitfire was always able to keep up with the losses and there was no need for the P94 or indeed the Miles M20.
The model uses The Groundcrews British weapons pack, zip file included, and Lobo da Silvas excellent Tempest panel which has been modified slightly to suit.
Version History:
================
V1.0 beta version released 4th Jan 2003
V1.1 13/12/03 fixes problems with textures.
See also CFS 2 Aircraft - Other
Submitted by Padbury
