Götaverken Aircraft List

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Hi,

long establishment Götaverken opened a new subsidiary for Aerospace works in 1934,license built some aircraft;

- S 7A / B 4A license made Hawker Hart three aircraft manufactured, designated B 4
- GV 38 licensed manufactured Rearwin 9000 L,a 14 aircraft was manufactured
- GP 8 was a twin engined medium bomber Project
- GP 9 was a single seat fighter Project
 
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Topic title should be Götaverken Aircraft List.
http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Shumaker/10536.htm
In 1906 the shipbuilding and engineering activities of the Keillerska family in Hisingen, Gothenburg, Sweden, where taken over by a new company, "Göteborgs Nya Verkstadsaktiebolag" (Gothenburg New Engineering Company Limited) with the telegraphic address "Götaverken", which became the company name in 1916: "AB Götaverken". In 1934, company president Hugo Hammer initiated the "Götaverken Flygavdelning" (Götaverken Aircraft Department) at the shipyard's woodwork shop. Bo Lundberg became design engineer and test pilot.
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S 7A/B 4A - Licence-built Hawker Hart - B 4 in Swedish service - 3 built.
GV 38 - Licence-built Rearwin 9000-L Sportster - 14 built.
GP 8 (P8) - Full-scale model of twin-engined medium bomber - Swedish Air Force chose Saab 18 instead.
GP 9 (P9) - Fighter, not built.
Fiat G.50 - Fighter, 16 assembled for Finland.
Fiat CR 42 - Fighter, 12 assembled for Finland, but assigned to Swedish F 3-squadron as reconnaissance aircraft, Swedish designation J 11.
Westland Lysander - Liaison aircraft, 9 assembled, delivered to Finland.

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6taverken#G.C3.B6taverkens_Flygavdelning
 
Many thanks my dear Arjen,

and I hope if there was an unknown Projects for it ?.
 
Just a mention of the GP8 and GP9 projects, no more.
 
I have the basic blueprints of the GP8 and 9
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Well some stats for the GP9 is 680 km/h, 4x 13.2 mm m/39a 250 rpg. Full metal construction. Developed into the J22. J21 picked over it due to its being 20% cheaper.
 
From the looks of it the GP8 was to have 2-3 gunners aiming backwards. The 2 windows on the ass indicates that atleast on man was to be stationed there and have downwards vision and upper vision. This probably meant 2x 7.9 mm m/22f or 13.2 mm m/39a being fitted in the ventral positions. The hatch thingy above the cockpit could probably be opened in mid flight and a 3rd gunner would pop up. Fixed armament is probably a single 13.2 mm like on the B18.
 
One last thing a mockup of the GP8 is known to have been built but since both the GP8 and GP9 planes competed against the saab 18 and 21 respectively its not to unrealistic to say that a mockup was built of the GP9 as well.
 
Another entry:
GV40 - an improved GV38 with either taildragger or tricycle undercarriage

Source: article Gotaverken: The Swedish Shipyard's Short-Lived Aircraft Department, 1935-41 by Ulf Delbro in Aviation Historian Issue 42, 2023.
 
Many thanks to you my dear Hood,

and to can understand P series for experimental aircraft;

Under this headline mainly the aircraft types with the designation letter “P” as in “Provflygplan (in English “Trial Aircraft”) are dealt with. Also some other aircraft, which do not belong to any of the other chapters, are described here.

The “P-aircraft”:

P 1 - Sparmann S1–A. See description below.
P 2 - Focke Wulf Fw 44J Stieglitz. Redesigned Sk 12. See chapter Trainer Aircraft.
P 3 - Sparmann E 4. Fighter aircraft, reminding of the German "Stuka". Only a mock-up built. Canceled in 1937.
P 4 - Fieseler Fi 156K-1 Storch. Redesignated S 14. See chapter Reconnaissance Aircraft.
P 5 - Handley Page Hampden. See description below.
P 6 - Focke Wulf Fw 58 "Weihe". See description below.
P 7A - Prototype for SAAB B 17A. See chapter Bombers.
P 7B - Prototype for SAAB B 17B. See chapter Bombers.
P 8 - Prototype for SAAB B 18. See chapter Bombers.
P 8A - AFF/ASJA G 1. Twin-engine medium bomber. Canceled in 1939.
P 8B - Götaverken GP 8. Twin-engine medium bomber. Remembering Dornier Do 17. Canceled in 1939.
P 9A - SAAB L 12. Fighter of conventional type. Canceled in 1939. Also known as P 19/J 19.
P 9B - Götaverken GP 9. Fighter of conventional type. Canceled in 1939.

 
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hesham said:
Many thanks to you my dear Hood,

and to can understand P series for experimental aircraft;

Under this headline mainly the aircraft types with the designation letter “P” as in “Provflygplan (in English “Trial Aircraft”) are dealt with. Also some other aircraft, which do not belong to any of the other chapters, are described here.

The “P-aircraft”:

P 1 - Sparmann S1–A. See description below.
P 2 - Focke Wulf Fw 44J Stieglitz. Redesigned Sk 12. See chapter Trainer Aircraft.
P 3 - Sparmann E 4. Fighter aircraft, reminding of the German "Stuka". Only a mock-up built. Canceled in 1937.
P 4 - Fieseler Fi 156K-1 Storch. Redesignated S 14. See chapter Reconnaissance Aircraft.
P 5 - Handley Page Hampden. See description below.
P 6 - Focke Wulf Fw 58 "Weihe". See description below.
P 7A - Prototype for SAAB B 17A. See chapter Bombers.
P 7B - Prototype for SAAB B 17B. See chapter Bombers.
P 8 - Prototype for SAAB B 18. See chapter Bombers.
P 8A - AFF/ASJA G 1. Twin-engine medium bomber. Canceled in 1939.
P 8B - Götaverken GP 8. Twin-engine medium bomber. Remembering Dornier Do 17. Canceled in 1939.
P 9A - SAAB L 12. Fighter of conventional type. Canceled in 1939. Also known as P 19/J 19.
P 9B - Götaverken GP 9. Fighter of conventional type. Canceled in 1939.

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P 7 (no suffix) - AFF F-1
P 7A - ASJA L-10 (later becoming the SAAB L-17)
P 8 (no suffix) - ASJA L-11 (later becoming the SAAB L-18)
 

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