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Boulton Paul P94

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Manufacturers: Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd., Wolverhampton

Purpose: Single seat fighter

Origin & Development: was intended as a stop gap if low producton of the Spitfire and Hurricane ocurred.

Power Plant: One Rolls Royce Merlin XX. Maximum power, 1145 H.P. at 3000 rpm at 16,250 ft. Cruising Power, 990 H.P. at 2600 rpm at 12,000 ft.

Construction: Wings - all metal, with flush riveted stressed skin covering. Split trailing edge flaps. Fuselage - All metal monocoque with flush riveted stressed skin covering. Tail Unit - Framework all metal with stressed skin covering. Undercarriage - inward retracting oleo-pneumatic sprung type.

Dimensions: Span 39 ft. 6 in. Length 35 ft. Height 12 ft. Wing area 250 sq. ft.

Armament: Twelve .303 Browning machine guns, six per wing.

History: With fighter production seen to be critically low in the near future Boulton Paul proposed a single seat version of the Defiant, with forward firing guns, as a stop gap addition to the Hurricane and Spitire. The prototype Defiant K8310, now a MKII, was re-converted to it's original single seat layout. By 16th August 1940 flight tests had indicated that a Merlin XX powered version with twelve 0.303" guns would have a top speed of 364 mph at 23,500 ft.

This version was given the project number P94 and more radically armed alternatives were envisaged. One proposal saw it armed with four 0.303" guns and four 20mm canons, the latter being able to aimed downward by 17 degrees whilst in flight to aid ground straffing.

The P94 shared many components with the P82 Defiant and could have been assembled on the same production lines. However in the end production of the Hurricane and Spitfire was always able to keep up with the losses and there was no need for the P94 or indeed the Miles M20.

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Acknowledgments:

In no particular order:

Aircraft of the Fighting Powers: Vol. 1, H.J. Cooper & O.G. Thetford, Edited by D.A. Russel, The Harborough Publishing Company. 1941
Aircraft of the Fighting Powers: Vol. 4, H.J. Cooper & O.G. Thetford, Edited by D.A. Russel, The Harborough Publishing Company. 1944
Boulton Paul Aircraft: Alec Brew, Tempus Publishing, ISBN 0 7524 2116 6
The Defiant File: Alec Brew, Air Britain Publications, ISBN 0 85130 226 2
The Boutlon Paul Association for keeping the spirt alive.
The Forums of www.CFS2.dogfighter.com (now www.netwings.org) and the Sim Outhouse
The 1% organisation at www.Avhistory.org for Jerry Beckwiths airfile & DP spreadsheets, and help in general.
RAF Hendon's Dept. of Research & Information Services for copies of the Defiant Manual detailing the cockpit layout.
LOBO DA SILVA for his excellent Tempest panel.
The Groundcrew Design Group for their British Weapons pack.
David Eckert for producing a freeware pilot for FSDS.
I think I've got everyone if I've missed you off, please let me know.

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Downloads:

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