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In 1932, the Curtiss-Wright company attempted to enter foreign markets with a fighter aircraft.
At that time, the company was already competing strongly with the Vought company for orders, especially in Latin America, but these were the multi-purpose Curtiss Falcon and Vought Corsair aircraft, and no sales had been made since the completion of the three P-6S for Cuba.
The basis of the new fighter was the variant of the proven P-6E Hawk, which was being delivered to the US Air Force at the time.
It adopted most of the fuselage structure, a very similar self-supporting undercarriage, but with longer legs and side-opening wheel hoods, and wooden-framed wings.
But the engine was a novelty, a Wright SR-1820F Cyclone radial nine-cylinder, covered by a narrow Townend ring and a slotted front cover.
This Hawk II, as it was called, paradoxically almost immediately attracted the interest of the U.S. Navy, which bought the company's demonstration aircraft a month after its first launch in May 1932, gave it the designation XF11C-2, and almost simultaneously ordered a second prototype (XF11C-1) with the Wright R-1510 two-star engine.
The first export Hawk II thus became the prototype fighter-bomber for the U.S. Navy.
The export Hawky IIs differed from their Navy-built brothers, for example, in the absence of a swinging fork that carried the bomb out of propeller reach during dive-bombing runs.
But they could still use a 50-gallon auxiliary tank attached to the fuselage.
Of course, they did not have a grappling hook for landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier and mostly retained the original tail wheel, while the production F11C had a completely differently positioned sprung wheel.
The armament usually varied according to the wishes and possibilities of the customer, so American 7.62mm, British 7.7mm or German 7.92mm machine guns were used.
Under the wings there were mounts for four fifty-kilogram bombs, which were used on a large scale, especially in Latin America.
Plastic model kit
unbuilt / unpainted
Paint and glue not included
At that time, the company was already competing strongly with the Vought company for orders, especially in Latin America, but these were the multi-purpose Curtiss Falcon and Vought Corsair aircraft, and no sales had been made since the completion of the three P-6S for Cuba.
The basis of the new fighter was the variant of the proven P-6E Hawk, which was being delivered to the US Air Force at the time.
It adopted most of the fuselage structure, a very similar self-supporting undercarriage, but with longer legs and side-opening wheel hoods, and wooden-framed wings.
But the engine was a novelty, a Wright SR-1820F Cyclone radial nine-cylinder, covered by a narrow Townend ring and a slotted front cover.
This Hawk II, as it was called, paradoxically almost immediately attracted the interest of the U.S. Navy, which bought the company's demonstration aircraft a month after its first launch in May 1932, gave it the designation XF11C-2, and almost simultaneously ordered a second prototype (XF11C-1) with the Wright R-1510 two-star engine.
The first export Hawk II thus became the prototype fighter-bomber for the U.S. Navy.
The export Hawky IIs differed from their Navy-built brothers, for example, in the absence of a swinging fork that carried the bomb out of propeller reach during dive-bombing runs.
But they could still use a 50-gallon auxiliary tank attached to the fuselage.
Of course, they did not have a grappling hook for landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier and mostly retained the original tail wheel, while the production F11C had a completely differently positioned sprung wheel.
The armament usually varied according to the wishes and possibilities of the customer, so American 7.62mm, British 7.7mm or German 7.92mm machine guns were used.
Under the wings there were mounts for four fifty-kilogram bombs, which were used on a large scale, especially in Latin America.
Plastic model kit
- with photo-etched parts
- with resin parts
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unbuilt / unpainted
Paint and glue not included
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