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The De Havilland D.H. 98 Mosquito
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Dubbed "The Wooden Wonder", the Mosquito was one of the best aircraft to
see action in World War 2. It's wooden construction made it easier to
build by sub-contractors, (metal working shops were fully occupied,) and a
prototype could be got into the air much sooner. De Havilland were very
experienced in building high-performance wooden aircraft, such as the Comet
racer.
The Mosquito proved to be very versatile and many different versions were
produced - High speed Photo reconnaisance; Unarmed day/night bomber,
carrying up to 4000 lb bomb load; Fighter-bomber with 4 20mm cannon plus
4 machine guns and up to 1,500 lbs of bombs; Pathfinder/Target Marker for
night bombing raids; Anti-shipping and ground attack with 57 mm, 6-pounder
gun plus rockets; Radar equipped night fighter; and then they gave it an
arrestor hook and folding wings, and flew it off carriers! Oh yes, they
also produced some as dual control trainer versions and after the war they
were exported to several countries.
A total of 7,781 were built, over 1,000 of them in Canada, and proposals
were put forward to construct them in the USA. However it was not feasible
for various reasons, the NIH (Not Invented Here) syndrome being one of them.
Performance naturally varied according to the various roles but the Mark II
night-fighter version modeled here by a plane belonging to 157 squadron, is
typical. This unit was the first to fly combat sorties with the aircraft,
in April 1942.
Maximum speed 370 MPH. Rate of climb 3,000 FPM. Service ceiling 36,000'.
Range 1,705 miles. Flaps down stalling speed 107 mph. Crew 2. Armament
4 20 mm cannon in bottom of fuselage, firing through the lower part of the
nose. 4 .303 machine guns in nose. Nose mounted "Arrowhead" A.I. Mark IV
radar antenna. Wing span 54'2", Length 40' 10", Loaded weight 18,547 lbs.
Later versions had maximum speed exceeding 400 mph.
The source .SIM for the Mosquito is based on the Beechcraft Starship so the
stall characteristics are not typical. Final approach is best carried out
at about 125 knots with 1,000 to 1,100 rpm. Do not let the speed drop to
100 knots or lower or you may get a nasty surprise when you try to flare.
The files included here: MOSQUITO, .SIM, .AFX, .DOC and REF_DH98.SIM (the
source .SIM) are copyright, and may not be used for any commercial purpose
without the consent of the author.
John Kelley, FSFORUM, CIS 73670,3107.
November 5th. 1992.