![]() ![]() The ALX project was then created by the Brazilian Air Force, which was also in need of a military trainer to replace the Embraer EMB 326GB Xavante. ![]() This aircraft would fly with the R-99A and R-99B aircraft then in service and be used to intercept illegal aircraft flights and patrol Brazil's borders. The request for a light attack aircraft was part of the Brazilian government's Amazon Surveillance System project. EMB-312H 1991 prototype on display at Memorial Aeroespacial Brasileiro in São José dos Campos. The second prototype flew for the first time in May 1993 and the third prototype flew in October 1993. Two new prototypes with the PT6A-68A (1,250 shp or 930 kW) engine were built in 1993. The aircraft features a 1.37 m (4.5 ft) fuselage extension with the addition of sections before and after of the cockpit to restore its center of gravity and stability, a strengthened airframe, cockpit pressurization, and stretched nose to house the more powerful PT6A-67R (1,424 shp or 1,062 kW) engine. A proof-of-concept prototype flew for the first time in September 1991. The study was stimulated by the unsuccessful bid for the US military Joint Primary Aircraft Training System program. Besides a trainer, it researched a helicopter attack version designated "helicopter killer" or EMB-312H. Nonetheless, the lessons from recent combat use of the aircraft in Peru and Venezuela led Embraer to keep up the studies. However, the project was dropped because the Brazilian Air Force was not interested in it. The EMB-312G1 prototype flew for the first time in July 1986. I don't know why I did close ups of this as it looks like it has been sculpted out of dog poo! I can assure you it looks fine at normal viewing.See also: Development of the EMB-312 Tucanoĭuring the mid-1980s, Embraer was working on the Short Tucano alongside a new version designated the EMB-312G1, carrying the same Garrett engine. Most of this will hardly be seen when closed up. My interior green doesn't look as radioactive in real life.Īt the back end I have finished the canvas boot for the tail gear leg (Plasticine coated in Superglue) and put doped covers over the lightening holes in the well structure (saw this in an image of an unrestored Swiss machine). Need to add scuffing to the floor before closing up. ![]() I've added a couple of odds and ends to the pit but nothing fundamental (couple of wires, throttle linkage). The very fine 'cable' is an errant dog hair. So (and don't tell anyone else) I used various 1/32 and 1/48 Airscale Luftwaffe decals to spruce it up. To me at least, the P-51 'pit is characterised by lots of placards - they're everywhere! I put what Revell supply in but it looked a bit bare. 'pit is just about finished and I may join the fuselage halves this evening. Just a few update photos of construction. I agree about the SJ seat starting during the D-15 production, it is visible on captain Roscoe Brown's "Bunny" (44-15569) and a few others. If correct that would mean a lot more modifications than what was done to 43-12102, leaving 42-106539 or 540 as the best possibility. I also thought the cockpit photos showed 43-12102 because of the gunsight but on the 2nd picture I think I see what looks like P-51D gun ports. Showing why the front of the seat had to be curved, and that the cockpit pictures show 43-12102, this plane had a very unique gunsight, which we can partly see on the pictures.īonjour Laurent, your original post on the SIG was indeed what made me aware of the need for a curved seat bucket on P-51D's. I had made a thread on the P-51 SIG about 7 years ago about P-51s seats, and posted this picture using a couple of NAA blueprints In fact, it seems that Shick Johnson seats started to appear with the D-15-NA, as suggested by this factory picture of F-6D-15-NA 44-15581 Although some Warren McArthur seats are known to have been painted dark dull green, in all of the photos I've seen of D-5-NA's it would appear they were painted interior green, just like the rest of the cockpit. Note that, unlike the later Warren McArthur seats, this early derivative had a straight forward edge to the seat pan. All of the P-51D-5-NA's had early Warren McArthur seats (unless modified much later in the field - both seat types were of course interchangeable), which were a carry-over from previous P-51B production. These didn't really begin showing up in P-51D's until P-51D-20-NA production. With regard to the seat, the "alternative" option provided by Revell depicts a Schick Johnson seat. ![]()
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