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The XP-52 design was begun by the Bell Company in 1940, separate from the R-40C competition, under the Air Material Command designator '''MX-3'''. | The XP-52 design was begun by the Bell Company in 1940, separate from the R-40C competition, under the Air Material Command designator '''MX-3'''. | ||
The short [[fuselage]] carried a [[piston engine]] in the rear, driving a pair of contra-rotating [[Propeller (aircraft)|propeller]]s in a [[pusher configuration]]. The wings were swept back at an angle of 20 degrees, with a [[Tailplane|horizontal stabilizer]] mounted behind the propeller on [[Twin-boom aircraft|twin booms]] running back from the wings. The fuselage was unusually streamlined, being round and barrel-shaped, with the forward-located pilot's cockpit fully faired-in to its lines and the nose ending in a round air intake which was ducted back internally to the engine.<ref name="jones">Jones, L.; ''US Fighters'', Aero, 1975.</ref> The undercarriage was a tricycle arrangement, with the main wheels retracting into the tailbooms. Propulsion was to be provided by the experimental [[Continental XI-1430|Continental XIV-1430-3]] inverted V-12 engine.<ref>Jenkins, Dennis R. and Tony R. Landis. Experimental & Prototype U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters. North Branch, Minnesota, USA: Specialty Press, 2008. {{ISBN|978-1-58007-111-6}}.</ref> | The short [[fuselage]] carried a [[piston engine]] in the rear, driving a pair of contra-rotating [[Propeller (aircraft)|propeller]]s in a [[pusher configuration]]. The wings were swept back at an angle of 20 degrees, with a [[Tailplane|horizontal stabilizer]] mounted behind the propeller on [[Twin-boom aircraft|twin booms]] running back from the wings. The fuselage was unusually streamlined, being round and barrel-shaped, with the forward-located pilot's cockpit fully faired-in to its lines and the nose ending in a round air intake which was ducted back internally to the engine.<ref name="jones">Jones, L.; ''US Fighters'', Aero, 1975.</ref> The [[landing gear|undercarriage]] was a tricycle arrangement, with the main wheels retracting into the tailbooms. Propulsion was to be provided by the experimental [[Continental XI-1430|Continental XIV-1430-3]] inverted V-12 engine.<ref>Jenkins, Dennis R. and Tony R. Landis. Experimental & Prototype U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters. North Branch, Minnesota, USA: Specialty Press, 2008. {{ISBN|978-1-58007-111-6}}.</ref> | ||
The XP-52 was canceled in October 1940 because the XIV-1430 engine ran into technical difficulties. Bell submitted a similar design to the US Navy as the Model 19, but this too was never built.<ref name=ASP>Buttler, Tony, and Griffith, Alan, 2015. American Secret Projects: Fighters, Bombers, and Attack Aircraft, 1937–1945. Manchester: Crecy Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1906537487}}.</ref> | The XP-52 was canceled in October 1940 because the XIV-1430 engine ran into technical difficulties. Bell submitted a similar design to the US Navy as the Model 19, but this too was never built.<ref name=ASP>Buttler, Tony, and Griffith, Alan, 2015. American Secret Projects: Fighters, Bombers, and Attack Aircraft, 1937–1945. Manchester: Crecy Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1906537487}}.</ref> | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p52.html Bell XP-52] | * [http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p52.html Bell XP-52] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123222800/http://joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p52.html |date=2010-11-23 }} | ||
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The Bell XP-52 and subsequent XP-59 were World War II fighter aircraft design projects by the American Bell Aircraft Corporation.
Both projects featured a twin-boom layout with a rear-mounted engine driving pusher contra-rotating propellers.
When the XP-59 project was canceled the designation XP-59A was used as a cover for a secret jet fighter prototype, which would enter production as the P-59 Airacomet.
XP-52
The XP-52 design was begun by the Bell Company in 1940, separate from the R-40C competition, under the Air Material Command designator MX-3.
The short fuselage carried a piston engine in the rear, driving a pair of contra-rotating propellers in a pusher configuration. The wings were swept back at an angle of 20 degrees, with a horizontal stabilizer mounted behind the propeller on twin booms running back from the wings. The fuselage was unusually streamlined, being round and barrel-shaped, with the forward-located pilot's cockpit fully faired-in to its lines and the nose ending in a round air intake which was ducted back internally to the engine.[1] The undercarriage was a tricycle arrangement, with the main wheels retracting into the tailbooms. Propulsion was to be provided by the experimental Continental XIV-1430-3 inverted V-12 engine.[2]
The XP-52 was canceled in October 1940 because the XIV-1430 engine ran into technical difficulties. Bell submitted a similar design to the US Navy as the Model 19, but this too was never built.[3]
XP-59
Although generally similar in layout to the XP-52, the XP-59 was slightly larger and heavier, and was to be powered by a Pratt and Whitney R-2800-23 engine of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1] Two prototypes were ordered in February 1941.[3]
On 3 October 1941 the contract for Bell's first jet fighter was signed. The prototype was designated the XP-59A and it would enter production as the P-59 Airacomet. The original XP-59 was canceled on November 25, 1941 because Bell itself was pre-occupied with development of the Bell P-63 Kingcobra.[1][3]
See also
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- ↑ a b c Jones, L.; US Fighters, Aero, 1975.
- ↑ Jenkins, Dennis R. and Tony R. Landis. Experimental & Prototype U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters. North Branch, Minnesota, USA: Specialty Press, 2008. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ a b c Buttler, Tony, and Griffith, Alan, 2015. American Secret Projects: Fighters, Bombers, and Attack Aircraft, 1937–1945. Manchester: Crecy Publishing. Template:ISBN.
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