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LF-1 | JA 1 Fågel

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Built by Lindberg-Linköping Flygplanverken AB from 1941-1946, the LF-1 (designated as JA 1) is the LFV's first combat aircraft for the Swedish Royal Air Force and later, the Finnish Air Force. Used for both air-to-air and air-to-surface missions hence the JA designation.

Equipped with LFV's air-cooled V12 which can easily take it to a top speed of about 400mph, it is not a slow aircraft for its time. It is armed with six 8mm Ksp m/22F machine guns (m.1941) or Ksp m/42 machine guns (m.1942-1946) and four LFV-Bofors 15mm HMGs. It can carry five 500kg bombs, nine 250kg bombs, or a mix of both. Later, it was modified to equip 20 rockets.

A total of 300 were built, most were used by the Swedish Royal Airforce and 10 were used by Finland in the continuation war.

Controls: Roll for roll, pitch for pitch, yaw for yaw, and throttle for throttle.
Use 7 for blinking lights.

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General Characteristics

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  • Wingspan 46.5ft (14.2m)
  • Length 42.7ft (13.0m)
  • Height 17.0ft (5.2m)
  • Empty Weight 4,302lbs (1,951kg)
  • Loaded Weight 9,597lbs (4,353kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.364
  • Wing Loading 11.0lbs/ft2 (53.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 868.8ft2 (80.7m2)
  • Drag Points 4653

Parts

  • Number of Parts 254
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 1,031