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- Foster_mounting abstract "In early 1916 Sergeant Foster of No. 11 Squadron RFC devised a sliding rail mounting for the upper wing Lewis gun on a Nieuport 11. It enabled the gun to be pulled down so that its breech was conveniently in front of the pilot, making it much easier to change ammunition drums or to clear stoppages in flight. The mounting was readily adaptable to several other types of biplane fighter aircraft, including in particular the Nieuport 17 and 24 (in British service) and the S.E.5a, and became a standard fitting for these aircraft and others.Although possibly not part of the original intention the mounting allowed the Lewis gun to fire forwards and upwards, rather than straight ahead, to attack an enemy aircraft from behind and below, a favourite tactic of the ace Albert Ball and a precursor of the Schräge Musik tactics used by German night fighters in the Second World War. When fired directly forwards, the trigger of the Lewis gun was controlled by a Bowden cable; when fired upwards the pistol grip was held to steady the weapon, and it was fired by pressing the trigger. Twin Foster mountings were occasionally used, although the recoil and vibration of two Lewis guns firing simultaneously was considered a dangerous strain for the lightly braced centre section of the aircraft of the time. As the gun's line of fire was outside the propeller arc, Foster-mounted guns did not require synchronising gear. This was an advantage for the Lewis Gun, as its open bolt firing cycle could not be synchronised.The mounting could only be fitted to types with a suitable configuration, and was a little less stable and more subject to vibration than a mounting in the fuselage, resulting in a more widely spread pattern of fire. The illustration shows a Foster mounting adapted to the Avro 504K night fighter. This aircraft had a much larger gap between the top of the fuselage and the upper wing than most types fitted with this type of mounting—in an S.E.5a for instance the gun was much more easily reached, and the mounting shorter and neater. A Lewis gun on a Foster mount was used to arm some night fighters as it was found that a synchronized Vickers gun could blind the pilot with its muzzle-flash.".
- Foster_mounting thumbnail Foster_Mount_Avro504.jpg?width=300.
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- Foster_mounting wikiPageOutDegree "21".
- Foster_mounting wikiPageRevisionID "632130034".
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink 1916_in_aviation.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Albert_Ball.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Avro_504.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Biplane.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Bowden_cable.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Category:Aviation_in_World_War_I.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Fighter_aircraft.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Lewis_gun.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Nieuport_11.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Nieuport_17.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Nieuport_24.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Night_fighter.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink No._11_Squadron_RAF.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Open_bolt.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Propeller.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Aircraft_Factory_S.E.5.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Scarff_ring.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Schräge_Musik.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink Synchronization_gear.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLink File:Foster_Mount_Avro504.jpg.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLinkText ""overhead" mount".
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLinkText "Foster Mount".
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLinkText "Foster mount".
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLinkText "Foster mounting".
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLinkText "overwing-mount".
- Foster_mounting wikiPageWikiLinkText "ratchet tracks".
- Foster_mounting group "note".
- Foster_mounting liststyle "lower-roman".
- Foster_mounting wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Foster_mounting wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Wwi-air.
- Foster_mounting subject Category:Aviation_in_World_War_I.
- Foster_mounting comment "In early 1916 Sergeant Foster of No. 11 Squadron RFC devised a sliding rail mounting for the upper wing Lewis gun on a Nieuport 11. It enabled the gun to be pulled down so that its breech was conveniently in front of the pilot, making it much easier to change ammunition drums or to clear stoppages in flight.".
- Foster_mounting label "Foster mounting".
- Foster_mounting sameAs Q5473805.
- Foster_mounting sameAs Afuste_Foster.
- Foster_mounting sameAs フォスター銃架.
- Foster_mounting sameAs Montaż_Fostera.
- Foster_mounting sameAs m.02qb1sl.
- Foster_mounting sameAs Q5473805.
- Foster_mounting wasDerivedFrom Foster_mounting?oldid=632130034.
- Foster_mounting depiction Foster_Mount_Avro504.jpg.
- Foster_mounting isPrimaryTopicOf Foster_mounting.