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Old 2nd May 2007, 12:54
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Re: Aircraft Research

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Originally Posted by edNorth View Post
Perhaps Fi 156 Storch downed by Piper L-4 Cub using an handgun ?


No jokes!
This is serious matter.

Piper L-4 "Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions for Army Models"* has its "Weight & Balance Chart" (page 20). There is a point "Armament" there.
The sub-points of "Armament" offer as follows:
- fixed gun installation
- flexible gun installation
- cannon installation

As can be seen the L-4 designers took into consideration various forms of armament for this plane, a little bigger than handgun only.

Best regards

E.


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* Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions for Army Models L-4A, L-4B and L-4H Airplanes, 5 September 1943; revised 20 February 1945
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