R&D background
The P-40 Kitty Hawk is a new fighter, which consists of the fuselage of the P-36 fighter designed and produced by Curtis Company and the V- 17 10-8 1 liquid cooled engine of Allison Company. Although this plane was not an excellent model in World War II, it was used by the famous Flying Tigers, which made it very famous.
Brief introduction of performance
Generally speaking, the P-40 fighter can only gain an advantage at low altitude by virtue of its firepower, solid structure and moderate armor. With the service of new models, most P-40 s quickly retired to the second line or took on training tasks.
The flying tigers' P-40 plane heads are usually painted with sharks' big mouths and sharp eyes. People who have evaded the alarm for a long time in China are very excited to see the team bravely fighting with the Japanese army in the air and gaining the upper hand. Seeing its maw painting, they intuitively recognized it as a "flying tiger".
This is just in line with the idiom, which was passed down by word of mouth and misinformed as "Flying Tigers". Hearing this misinformation, the staff of the American Volunteer Flying Corps liked it very much, conveyed it to the tenth floor, got the same opinion, and finally became the official name of media propaganda after obtaining permission.
technical parameter
Empty weight: 28 12kg.
Type: single-engine single-seat fighter
Weapons and equipment:12.7mm M2 machine gun x6
Engine: Allison V- 17 10-8 1 engine.
Maximum speed: 552 km/h
Maximum voyage:1738km