Informații principale
| Producător | RS Models |
| Codul produsului | RSM92213 |
| Greutate: | 0.12 kg |
| Ean: | 8594183912134 |
| Scală | 1:72 |
| Adăugat în catalog: | 5.1.2018 |
| Tags: | Curtiss-BF2C |
3 decal variants
- BFC-2 Goshawk, U.S.S. Saratoga, VB-3B, 1937
- BFC-2 Goshawk, U.S.S. Enterprise, VB-6, 1938
- BFC-2 Goshawk, U.S.S. Saratoga, VB-2B, 1937
On 16 April 1932, the US Navy ordered two prototypes of a new shipboard fighter under the designations XF11C-1 and XF11C-2, with a 700hp Wright R-1820-78 radial. The R-1820-78 Cyclone and the mixed structure of the XF11C-2 found favor with the US Navy, and, on 18 October 1932, a production order was placed for 28 F11C-2s, deliveries of which began in February 1933 and were completed in the following May. The fourth aircraft on the contract was completed with a manually-retractable undercarriage as the XF11C-3, subsequently being redesignated XBF2C-1 with the adoption of the "bomber-fighter" category in March 1934. Simultaneously, the F11C-2s were redesignated as BFC-2s. Armament comprised two 7.62mm Browning machine guns and a single bomb of up to 227kg or four 51kg bombs could be carried. The BFC-2 remained in US Navy service until 1938.
The Curtiss BF2C Goshawk or Hawk was an American on-board fighter and fighter-bomber in the biplane configuration from the interwar period and World War II. The flight of the prototype took place in 1933, and a year later mass production started. 166 aircraft of this type were built, along with prototypes. The drive - in the basic version - was provided by a single 770 HP Wright R-1820 Cyclone engine. The plane was armed with two machine guns: the 7.62mm Browning M1919 and the 12.7mm M2. The machine could also carry a load of bombs weighing up to 215 kilograms. The Curtiss BF2C Goshawk was commissioned by the US Navy, which in the early 1930s was looking for a new carrier-capable on-board fighter with a retractable landing gear. In order to shorten the research and development work, Curtiss decided to rely on the design of the F11C aircraft, which was adapted to the needs of the navy. In the course of serial production, two main versions of the aircraft were created, the first (BF2C-1 Goshawk) was used by the US Navy, and the second (Hawk III or model 68) was exported to Argentina, China, Thailand and Turkey.
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