Eskadrille signal | |
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Serie | Fly i aktion |
Emne | Curtiss P-40 i aktion |
Ref | 26 |
Signeret dokumentation Eskadrille signal le livre «Curtiss P-40 i aktion - Eskadrille Signal 26» .
Få flydesign har haft en så mærkelig eller kompleks baggrund som P-40 serie. Faktisk undrer man sig over, hvorfor luftkorpset valgte at give H-75P en anden betegnelse end et bindestregsnummer i P-36-serien, da det dybest set var en ombygget P-36A. Spin-offs fra P-36 designet ville resultere ikke kun i P-40, men XP-37, XP-42, XP-46, XP-53, XP-60 og XP-62 plus dem, der fik Y-betegnelser og forskellige bindestregsnumre.
Ignorerer Curtiss Hawk biplanes, the family tree of the P-40 would seem to have its tap roots in the XP-934 Curtiss Swift of 1932 vintage. Although some experience in the low-wing monoplane type was gained when the company produced its famed Shrike series of attack planes, the Swift, or XP-31 as it was designated by the Air Corps, was their first low-wing pursuit design. By one of those odd quirks, the Swift initially was powered by an in-line engine which gave way to a more powerful radial, just the reverse of the P-36 to P-40 design development. The XP-31 was not successful with either engine and the design was soon abandoned (It did earn the dubious distinction of being the last U.S. pursuit plane with a fixed landing gear). The Curtiss Company’s fortunes took a downward turn in the pursuit field when the Boeing P-26A was selected by the Air Corps over the XP-31.
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