- Design and development
- Operational history
- Specifications (XF2J-1)
- See also
- References
- External links
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The Berliner-Joyce XF2J was the company's second biplane fighter for the US Navy. The XF2J was ordered on 30 June 1931 and although designated as a two-seat fighter, it was used as an observation aircraft. Design and developmentThe XF2J's construction was all-metal with a fabric covered rudder. The upper wing was "gulled", with a short, sharply upward-angled section, with the remainder of the wing with a slight dihedral. The lower wing span was shorter than the upper wing, and was braced with "N" struts and wires. A .30 calibre machine gun was located in each of the gulled sections of the upper wing and were synchronized to fire through the propeller arc.[2] The tightly-cowled 9-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-1690C Hornet was the engine originally specified, but was changed to the {{convert|625|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} 14-cylinder Wright SR-1510-92 Whirlwind before the aircraft flew. The propeller was a metal constant speed two-blade design.[2] The original open cockpits were modified to sliding canopies shortly after delivery to the navy.[2] Operational historyThe XF2J-1 suffered from the same faults as the P-16, resulting in an unfavourable service trial of the one prototype, which had appeared two years late due to a protracted development phase, exacerbated by financial difficulties that eventually led to the demise of the company [3] The poor visibility over the nose and the landing characteristics doomed the XF2J-1, especially in light of the availability of the superior Grumman FF-1. Specifications (XF2J-1){{Aircraft specs
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1. ^http://www.aerofiles.com/_berlin.html
2. ^1 2 Forgotten Fighters p 56
3. ^Baugher, Joe. "Berliner-Joyce P-16/PB-1." {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130173357/http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/p16.html |date=January 30, 2008 }} USAAC/USAAF/USAF Fighter and Pursuit Aircraft, 7 June 1998. Retrieved: 22 June 2007.
- Bibliography
{{refbegin}}- Bowers, Peter M, Forgotten Fighters/1 US Navy, 1918–1941 ARCO Publishing, New York, 1971, {{ISBN|0-668-02404-6}}
- W.Green, D.Swanborough The Complete Book of Fighters, 2000
{{refend}}External links- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/4831844269/in/set-72157624464685135/ Berliner-Joyce XF2J-1]
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