| 词条 | Supermarine Type 322 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Supermarine Type 322 was a prototype British carrier-borne torpedo, dive bomber and reconnaissance aircraft of the Second World War. A single-engined monoplane, it was unsuccessful, with only two examples being built. The Fairey Barracuda, built to the same specification, would fill this role. {{TOC limit|limit=2}}Design and developmentThe Type 322 was designed by Supermarine to meet a 1937 requirement (Specification S.24/37) for a replacement for the British Royal Navy's Fairey Albacore biplane (even though the Albacore was yet to fly,{{#tag:ref|The Albacore first flew on 12 December 1938.[1]|group=N}} with orders placed both with Supermarine, and with Fairey Aviation for what became the Barracuda.[2] Supermarine's design was a high-wing monoplane, originally intended to be powered by the Rolls-Royce Exe engine. Unusually it featured a variable-incidence wing, first demonstrated on the French Paul Scmitt biplane at the Paris Airshow in 1913.[3] Variable incidence allowed the fuselage to be kept at the optimum angle for good visibility whilst maintaining lift – particularly useful for a carrier-borne aircraft and with tail-wheel undercarriage. The incidence could be varied from 2 degrees when the flap setting was neutral, to 16 degrees when the flaps were lowered to 60 degrees. The lift coefficient with the wing at this setting was 3.9 (double that of conventional and contemporary aircraft), giving a stalling speed of 57 knots. Since it was intended for carrier use, the wing also folded – a remarkable technical achievement in view of the small increase in structural weight involved. The undercarriage was a fixed tailwheel type to save complexity.[4] It would have been very challenging to retract the landing gear into the wings. It was primarily of wooden construction, in common with the Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle bomber since, when it was being built, there was a danger of light alloy being in short supply. The Exe was cancelled in 1938, and the Rolls-Royce Merlin was substituted in the design.[3] Operational historyTwo Type 322s, nicknamed "Dumbo", were built. Originally due for completion in early 1941, the project was delayed owing to the high priority then in force for the production of Spitfires. The first prototype (R1810) flew on 6 February 1943, followed by the second prototype (R1815) with the Merlin 32 in place of the Merlin 30, a four-blade rotol constant speed airscrew, a tail of greater area and alclad covered outer wings.[3] By this time, however, Fairey's competing design had entered service as the Fairey Barracuda, and the two Type 322s were used as experimental aircraft. A developed version was planned as the Supermarine type 380. It was also intended that this wing technology was to the incorporated in a replacement for the Sea Otter – variable incidence benefiting seaplanes where the optimum angle of the floats can be maintained during takeoff and landing.[3] Postwar, R1815 was retained by the company and was used in 1946 for chase in the low-speed handling trials of the Supermarine Attacker.[5] Specifications (S.24/37){{Aircraft specs|ref=Supermarine Aircraft since 1914 [6], Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947[7] |prime units?=imp
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|lists = |see also = }} ReferencesNotes1. ^Mason 1994, p. 323. 2. ^Mason 1994, p. 354. 3. ^1 2 3 Thetford 1946, p. 31. 4. ^Andrews and Morgan 1987, p. 163. 5. ^Chorlton 2012, p. 59. 6. ^Andrews and Morgan 1987, p. 166. 7. ^{{cite book |title=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947 |edition= |editor1-last=Bridgman |editor1-first=Leonard |year=1947|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co |location=London|page=85c }} Citations{{Reflist|30em}}Bibliography{{Refbegin}}
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