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HISPANO SUIZA HS.42 (E.6 / ES.6) | HISPANO SUIZA HS.42 (E.6 / ES.6) | ||
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The first prototype flew on April 5, 1942 in Seville. | The first prototype flew on April 5, 1942 in Seville. | ||
The Hispano Suiza factory in Seville initially built 100 | The Hispano Suiza factory in Seville initially built 100 aircrafts, with another 15 aircraft completed as HS.42s (from the cancellation of the HA-43 project). | ||
They were destined for the flight schools of | They were destined for the flight schools of Leon, San Javier, Badajoz and El Copero. | ||
Although the HS.42 was an aircraft that was born at a time of maximum difficulty and deprivation, it played an important role in the training of military pilots for a decade. The HS.42s flew more than 13,000 flight hours at the General Air Academy (A.G.A.) as advanced training aircraft. The first units arrived in 1946. In 1950 there were 95 aircraft in service at various schools. The last units were decommissioned in 1958. | |||
The HS. | The HS.42 was not a derivative of the Fokker D-XXI as has been claimed in some publications. Its only similarity was a set of landing gear (although these were also modified). The design of the HS.42 was the work of Emilio Viejo, Fulgencio Amador. They were later joined by Marcelino Viejo (brother of the first), who designed the wing. | ||
The fuselage was a welded steel structure, covered with duralumin and fabric. The wings, made of wood, offered great load resistance. Due to the shortage of engines, the first series of HS-42s were initially equipped with surplus Piaggio P-VIIC.16 engines that survived the Civil War, but later they were equipped with the much more reliable British Cheetah XXV and XXVII engines. | |||
The HS.42 was | The HS.42 was accused of a dangerous tendency to turn the right wing up when stalling, which was serious in a training aircraft. Solutions were tried, such as boundary layer flaps (like those of the MIG-15), but they were not incorporated into production. Despite this notable defect, several experienced pilots considered it a good aircraft. Of the 29 fatal accidents involving this aircraft, it should be noted that 7 aircraft crashed due to collisions in flight or with objects on the ground, 1 was due to failure to release the brakes, and in 8 others it was concluded that the primary cause was engine failure. In any case, several cases of stalling that ended in a flat spin were also confirmed. | ||
Despite the fact that it served in significant numbers, this aircraft has always been largely unknown, even among Spanish aviation enthusiasts, so it will be fun to be able to fly it in FlightGear! | |||