In late 1940, fearing that some 300 planes ordered by the Swedish government might end up falling into German hands, the US government embargoed the shipments. The Swedish government, caught flatfooted, scrambled to design their own aircraft to make up for the shortfall in planned aircraft. One of these planes was the J22 fighter, a fairly unremarkable but useful plane. Development was slow and the first planes did not enter service until late 1943. Just under 200 of the J22A and J22B were built.
The J22 was quite popular with its pilots, being reliable, rugged and agile. The only fault was that visibility on the ground was rather poor.
The J22B uses 36 gallons of aviation fuel per hour at routine usage.
Subassemblies: Medium Fighter chassis +2, Light Fighter Wings
+2, three retractable wheels +0.
Powertrain: 794-kW aerial HP gasoline engine with 794-kW prop
and 108-gallon self-sealing fuel tank [Wings].
Occupancy: 1 CS Cargo: 6.6 Body, 0.4 Wings
| Armor | F | R/L | B | T | U |
| Body | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 |
| Wings | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 |
| Pilot | +0/0 | +0/0 | +0/30 | +0/0 | +0/0 |
Weaponry
4¥Long Aircraft HMGs/13.2mm M/39A [Wings:F] (300 rounds each)*
* Link fires HMGs in pairs or all four at once
Equipment
Body: Medium radio receiver and transmitter, navigation instruments,
autopilot, IFF.
Statistics
| Size: 26'x33'x9' | Payload: 0.5 tons | Lwt: 3.13 tons |
| Volume: 200 | Maint.: 43 hours | Price: $21,500 |
HT: 12.
HPs: 240 Body, 140 each Wing, 24 each Wheel.
| aSpeed: 357 | aAccel: 8 | aDecel: 32 | aMR: 8 | aSR: 2 | Stall: 81 mph |
Design Notes
The historical speed has been used (design speed was 328 mph), as well
as the actual wing area (172 square feet). Wing HP, cost and weight were
doubled, to better match historical weight and performance.
Variants
The J22A was nearly identical, differing only in having two of the
HMGs replaced by a pair of 7.9mm M/22F’s (Aircraft LMG) with 500 rounds
each.