Meyers Interceptor 400M T/U/FAC/COIN aircraft

[hesham]

Hi,

http://www.meyersaircraft.com/400%20Section/M400/M400%20Intro.html

 

[Stargazer]

Very interesting! More pictures of the same project from the same site:

 

[alfakilo]

In the strike configuration, the limited climb rate translates into the aircraft flying 12 miles or more after takeoff before it can climb above the small arms envelope (4500'). In a Vietnam/Afghanistan-type environment, that will be a long time to be exposed to small caliber arms fire. And that's at sea level...in a high density altitude environment, that kind of poor performance gets people killed.

 

[Just call me Ray]

The Meyers 400 Interceptor (as described in the article) in turn appears to be based on the Meyers 200, a piston four-seat aircraft in the Beech Sierra class that saw somewhat limited production.

 

[Stargazer]

The militarized 400M is clearly a projected variant of the existing I400.
Here is a series of horribly compressed pics of the I400 from said website: