Mosca MBbis
| Mosca MBbis | |
|---|---|
| Role | Fighter |
| Manufacturer | Mosca |
| Designer | F.E.Moska, Bystritsky |
| Primary user |  Russia
|
| Number built | ~50 |
| Variants | Mosca MB |
| Engine | Le Rhône or Clerget rotary |
Before the war, Italian Francesco E. Mosca worked in Russia at the Dux plant. When war broke out, he formed his own small aircraft company building Farman IVs. Working with his partner Bystritsky, he designed a two-seater with folding wings for transport, the Mosca MB. A one-seat version followed, the Mosca MBbis, of which about fifty were built. They served not only during the war but frequently in the civil war that followed. The MBbis was not equipped with a synchronizer; instead a Colt or Lewis machine gun was mounted to fire at a steep angle over the propeller or deflector plates were mounted for firing through the propeller. [1]
For more information, see Wikipedia:Mosca-Bystritsky MBbis.
Miniatures and Models
1:144 Scale
- Shapeways: Kampfflieger, Reduced Aircraft Factory
1:285/6mm/1:288 Scale
- Shapeways: Reduced Aircraft Factory
Resources
Orthographic Drawings
References
- Citations
- ↑ Durkota
- Bibliography
- Alan Durkota, Thomas Darcey, and Victor Kulikov. The Imperial Russian Air Service. Flying Machines Press, 1995. ISBN 0-9637110-2-4