| Under the direction of Chee Wing Jeang, the Liuchow Mechanical and Aircraft Factory in the Chinese province of Kwangsi - which had achieved a measure of autonomy in 1937 - completed prototypes of two aircraft, the Kwangsi Types 2 and 3. Both were unequal-span biplanes with spruce and plywood wings, and fabric-covered welded steel-tube fuselages, and were respectively a tandem two-seat trainer and a single-seat lightweight fighter. The latter, the Type 3, was powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah IIA seven-cylinder radial rated at 260hp at 760m and carried an armament of a single 7.7mm machine gun synchronised to fire through the propeller. The Type 3 was flown in July 1937, but performance proved insufficient to justify further development.
WEIGHTS |
Take-off weight | 1043 kg | 2299 lb |
Empty weight | 760 kg | 1676 lb |
DIMENSIONS |
Wingspan | 8.00 m | 26 ft 3 in |
Length | 6.25 m | 21 ft 6 in |
Height | 2.50 m | 8 ft 2 in |
PERFORMANCE |
Max. speed | 283 km/h | 176 mph |
![Liuchow Kwangsi Type 3](../../pictures/china/m/liuchow_3-m.gif) | A three-view drawing (1675 x 1215) |
goutou, 18.06.2011 10:37 As it says, "a single 7.7mm machinegun synchronized o fire through the propeller." reply | Aero-Fox, 20.09.2008 06:05 As it says, "a single 7.7mm machinegun synchronized o fire through the propeller." reply | weston, e-mail, 11.11.2007 07:35 are there guns reply |
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