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Planet Models 252 Martin-Baker MB-2 British Fighter Prototype

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Scale: 1:72
Manufacturer: Planet Models
Product code: PLT252
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ManufacturerPlanet Models
Product codePLT252
Weight:0.13 kg
Ean:8595593118550
Scale1:72
Added to catalog on:24.4.2013
Tags:Martin-Baker-MB

The Martin-Baker MB-2 was a British prototype fighter aircraft from the interwar period and World War II. The plane had a metal structure and a fixed landing gear in the classic configuration. The machine was first flew in 1938, but never entered mass production. Only a single copy of it was made. The drive was provided by an in-line engine Napier Dagger IIIM with 780 HP . The on-board armament of the aircraft consisted of four 7.7 mm machine guns.

The MB-2 was developed by the Martin-Baker aviation company in response to the British Aviation Ministry's specification for a new fighter aircraft from 1934. The specification assumed that the new aircraft would be a single-engine, single-seater, with a maximum speed of around 450 km / h, and a retractable landing gear. Officially, such labels as Supermarine or Hawker, which finally created the legendary Spitfire and Hurricane planes, joined the competition. On the other hand, Martin-Baker, working on his own account and not officially competing, due to the much lower production potential, developed the MB-2 model much later than possible rivals. Moreover, the first flights of the MB-2 aircraft showed good machine performance, but also showed its considerable instability in flight. Certain - possible to be removed - shortcomings of the machine, as well as its late flight, led to the failure to implement the MB-2 into mass production. The only surviving plane was probably scrapped in 1944.

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