XFL-1 Airabonita – RS Models
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XFL-1 Airabonita – RS Models
XFL-1 Airabonita - RS Models 92100
The XFL-1 Airabonita experimental shipboard fighter was developed in parallel with the XP-39 Airacobra, and was flown for the first time on 13 May 1940.
Powered by a 1150hp Allison XV-1710-6 12-cylinder liquid-cooled engine, the XFL-1 Airabonita differed from its land-based counterpart primarily in having a tailwheel undercarriage and underwing radiators.
The airframe was re-stressed for shipboard operation, and proposed armament comprised a single 12.7mm machine gun or a 37mm cannon firing through the propeller hub and a pair of fuselage-mounted 7.62mm guns, although, in the event, no armament was installed.
The XFL-1 Airabonita failed its carrier qualification trials and further development was abandoned at the beginning of 1942.
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