弗萊徹 BG-2

Fletcher BG-2
Fletcher BG-2
概觀
類型	軍用轟炸滑翔機
乘員	0人
生產	弗萊徹航空公司（英語：Fletcher Aviation）
產量	0架
現況	已取消
主要用戶	美國陸軍航空軍
衍生自	BG-1
技術數據
長度	23.3英尺（7.1米）
翼展	45.0 英尺（13.7米）
翼面積	208平方英尺(19.3平方米）
空重	2,431磅（1,103公斤）
正常起飛重量	6,531磅（2,962公斤）
武器裝備
炸彈	2枚2,000磅的炸彈

Fletcher BG-2一款二戰期間由弗萊徹航空公司（英語：Fletcher Aviation）設計的轟炸滑翔機

發展

XBG-2(Model 16)是弗萊徹先前設計的BG-1延伸品。該機也是一款木製轟炸滑翔機，而該滑翔機又是弗萊徹基於其YCQ-1（FBT-2極其失敗的無人機版本）的無人機技術，操控XBG-2。它將由BG-1的兩個機身和外翼板組成，並由新的機翼中心部分和連接兩個垂直尾翼的水平尾翼連接，以及位於內側機翼下方的中線或右舷機身的電視整流罩鼻子。主起落架由四個主起落架支柱支撐，每個機身可容納一枚2,000磅的炸彈。^[1]^[2]

美國陸軍航空軍於1942年4月訂購了3架XBG-2（序號42-46902/4）。^[3]^{[N 1]}然而，因為BG-1差強人意的操控性能，1942年9月8日，BG-2合約未完成就被取消。^[1]

參考

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Norton, Bill. American Military Gliders of World War II: Development, Training, Experimentation, and Tactics of All Aircraft Types. Atglen, PA: Shiffer Publishing, Ltd. p. 210.
^ BG Series. Designation-systems.net. 2009-06-25 [2020-04-06]. （原始內容存檔於2023-11-11）.
^ Andrade, John (1979). U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.
^ Bill Norton: "American Military Glider Experiments of WWII", AAHS Journal Vol. 53 No. 2, Summer 2008

註記

^ Andrade (1979, pp. 59, 96) states that the XBG-2s on contract were originally ordered as a production batch of the Frankfort CG-1; however, Andreas Parsch notes that Andrade's mention of the XBG-2 bomb gliders being originally ordered as CG-1s is due to a Q→G typo in CQ-1, since Norton (2008) points out that the BG-2, like the BG-1, was derived from the CQ-1 drone controller plane.^[4]

[norton-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Norton, Bill. American Military Gliders of World War II: Development, Training, Experimentation, and Tactics of All Aircraft Types. Atglen, PA: Shiffer Publishing, Ltd. p. 210.

[2] BG Series. Designation-systems.net. 2009-06-25 [2020-04-06]. （原始內容存檔於2023-11-11）.

[3] Andrade, John (1979). U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.

[4] Bill Norton: "American Military Glider Experiments of WWII", AAHS Journal Vol. 53 No. 2, Summer 2008

[5] Andrade (1979, pp. 59, 96) states that the XBG-2s on contract were originally ordered as a production batch of the Frankfort CG-1; however, Andreas Parsch notes that Andrade's mention of the XBG-2 bomb gliders being originally ordered as CG-1s is due to a Q→G typo in CQ-1, since Norton (2008) points out that the BG-2, like the BG-1, was derived from the CQ-1 drone controller plane.^[4]

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