FVM J24

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Biplane Fighter Prototype [ 1925 ]

Like the J23 monoplane before it, the FVM J24 biplane failed to impress and fell to the pages of aviation history for the nation of Sweden.

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While the earlier FVM J23 single-seat, single-engined parasol-winged fighter prototype failed due to a structural weakness with its wing mainplane member, this did not spell total doom for the basic design. At the same time, FVM was working on the J24 of similar form and function - save for a return to a traditional biplane wing arrangement as was common to the post-World War 1 period. Despite the change, however, this design, too, failed to impress and gave a poor showing in competition - losing out to the French-originated Nieuport 29C biplane fighter for the Swedish Army requirement.

Beyond the addition of the lower wing member, and its associated strut and cabling components, the J24 housed a more powerful Hispano-Suiza 8F series V8 water-cooled inline piston engine of 300 horsepower (as opposed to the J23's 185 horsepower BMW IIIa inline). The fighter retained the single-seat, single-engine layout with the pilot sitting in an open-air cockpit aft and under the upper wing member. Over the nose was to be seated 2 x 8mm m/22 machine guns synchronized to fire through the spinning propeller blades. As was typical of the time, the fuselage was tapered towards the rear, utilized a single-finned rudder tail, and had a fixed, twin-wheeled tail-dragger undercarriage for ground-running - by all accounts a most traditional fighter proposal.

Work on the J24 in 1924 resulted in the finalized J24B form which was flight-tested in 1925. However, the reworked design carried its own deficiencies, mainly in being overweight which resulted in poor performance when compared to contemporaries. This led to the end of the J24 series and the selection of the French Nieuport 29C instead.

The sole J24 prototype was scrapped thereafter.

The finalized form of the J24 was 22.7 feet long, had a wingspan measuring 36.10 feet, and a height of 8.4 feet. Empty weight was 1,700lb against an MTOW of 2,175lb. The single BMW IIIa series engine provided the fighter with a maximum speed of 122 miles-per-hour and a service ceiling of 26,000 feet.©MilitaryFactory.com

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Specifications

Service Year

1925

Origin

Sweden

Status

CANCELLED
Development Ended.

Crew

1

Production

1
UNITS

FVM - Sweden

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Sweden (cancelled)

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✓ Air-to-Air Combat, Fighter
General ability to actively engage other aircraft of similar form and function, typically through guns, missiles, and/or aerial rockets.

✓ Interception
Ability to intercept inbound aerial threats by way of high-performance, typically speed and rate-of-climb.

✓ X-Plane (Developmental, Prototype, Technology Demonstrator)
Aircraft developed for the role of prototyping, technology demonstration, or research / data collection.

Length

22.6 ft
(6.90 m)

Width/Span

36.9 ft
(11.25 m)

Height

8.4 ft
(2.55 m)

Empty Wgt

1,698 lb
(770 kg)

MTOW

2,172 lb
(985 kg)

Wgt Diff

+474 lb
(+215 kg)

(Showcased structural values pertain to the FVM J24B production variant)

Installed: 1 x Mercedes IIIa 6-cylinder inline piston engine developing 185 horsepower driving two-bladed propeller unit at the nose.

Max Speed

122 mph
(197 kph | 106 kts)

Ceiling

20,013 ft
(6,100 m | 4 mi)

Range

351 mi
(565 km | 1,046 nm)

Rate-of-Climb

1,060 ft/min
(323 m/min)

♦ MACH Regime (Sonic)

Sub

Trans

Super

Hyper

HiHyper

ReEntry

♦

(Showcased performance specifications pertain to the FVM J24B production variant. Performance specifications showcased above are subject to environmental factors as well as aircraft configuration. Estimates are made when Real Data not available. Compare this aircraft entry against any other in our database or View aircraft by powerplant type)

PROPOSED:
2 x 8mm m/22 machine guns in fixed, forward-firing mountings over the nose and synchronized to fire through the spinning propeller blades.

Supported Types

Graphical image of an aircraft medium machine gun

(Not all ordnance types may be represented in the showcase above)

Hardpoint Mountings: 0

J24 - Base Series Designation.

J24B - Refined / finalized biplane fighter form; single, flyable example completed and tested.

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