RWD-25
proposed Polish light fighter aircraft
The RWD-25 was a proposed Polish low-wing light fighter aircraft of 1939 designed by RWD. The project was abandoned when Poland was invaded.
Design and development
In late 1930s the Polish Army sought several replacements for the rapidly aging PZL P.11c, the backbone of Polish aviation of the epoch. One of the specifications issued by the new commander of Polish aviation General Józef Zając in the spring of 1939 was for a Jockey-class plane, a light, inexpensive and easy to produce interceptor. The plane was to use a cheaper, less powerful radial engine than more advanced multi-purpose fighters. The Jockeys were to be used in accordance with the French concept of "chimney flights", that is for aerial defence of valuable factories and other military targets behind friendly lines. For that purpose they needed less speed, but more manoeuvrability and a faster rate of climb. The plane was to rise quickly after the alarm is sounded and attack formations of enemy bombers in a dive, thus enhancing its speed. One of such fighters designed and produced in France was the Caudron C.710.
Three Polish aircraft design studios produced designs to that specification. All were to be powered by the 800 hp (597 kW)
Gnome-Rhône Mars radial engine.
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