Italeri 2690 - 1/48 Ju-87 B2 Stuka Prm Edition WWII   [IT-2690S]

Period: Second World War

Nation: Germany

Model Dim.: 32 cm

JU-87 B2 STUKA

The Junkers Ju 87 Stuka had been a two-seat dive-bomber/ground-attack aircraft. Created by Hermann Pohlmann, the Stuka first travelled in 1935 and made its combat first in 1936 as part of the Condor Legion through the Spanish Civil War . The aircraft ended up being easily familiar by its inverted gull wings, fixed undercarriage and its own “wailing” siren. The Stuka's design included several revolutionary features, including automated pull-up dive brakes under both wings to ensure your airplane recovered from its assault plunge no matter if the pilot blacked out from acceleration. Although sturdy, accurate, and extremely effective, the Ju 87 had been vulnerable to contemporary fighter aircraft, like all other dive bombers of the war. The Ju 87 had been a single-engined cantilever monoplane and its own framework had been all-metal. The primary construction product ended up being duralumin, as well as the external coverings had been manufactured from Duralumin sheeting. The wing ended up being many unusual feature and contained an individual center section and two outer parts. The guts part had a sizable negative dihedral while the exterior areas an optimistic dihedral. This created the gull, or "cranked" wing pattern over the Ju 87's industry leading.