Název: Name: | Curtiss XP-60C | Curtiss XP-60C |
Originální název: Original Name: | Curtiss XP-60C | |
Kategorie: Category: | stíhací letoun | fighter aeroplane |
Výrobce: Producer: | DD.MM.1943-DD.MM.1943 Curtiss-Wright Corp., Buffalo, New York | |
Období výroby: Production Period: | DD.MM.1943-DD.MM.1943 | |
Vyrobeno kusů: Number of Produced: | 1 (42-79424) | |
První vzlet: Maiden Flight: | 27.01.1943 | |
Osádka: Crew: | 1 | |
Základní charakteristika: Basic Characteristics: | ||
Vzlet a přistání: Take-off and Landing: | CTOL - konvenční vzlet a přistání | CTOL - conventional take-off and landing |
Uspořádání křídla: Arrangement of Wing: | jednoplošník | monoplane |
Uspořádání letounu: Aircraft Concept: | klasické | conventional |
Podvozek: Undercarriage: | zatahovací | retractable |
Přistávací zařízení: Landing Gear: | kola | wheels |
Technické údaje: Technical Data: | ||
Hmotnost prázdného letounu: Empty Weight: | 3945 kg | 8697 lb |
Vzletová hmotnost: Take-off Weight: | 4892 kg | 10785 lb |
Maximální vzletová hmotnost: Maximum Take-off Weight: | 5368 kg | 11835 lb |
Rozpětí: Wingspan: | 12,590 m | 41ft 3,75in |
Délka: Length: | 10,380 m | 34ft 1in |
Výška: Height: | 3.760 m | 12ft 4in |
Plocha křídla: Wing Area: | 25,54 m2 | 274.91 ft2 |
Plošné zatížení: Wing Loading: | 191,543 kg/m2 | 39.23 lb/ft2 |
Pohon: Propulsion: | ||
Kategorie: Category: | pístový | piston |
Počet motorů: Number of Engines: | 1 | |
Typ: Type: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-53 Double Wasp vzduchem chlazený dvouhvězdicový osmnáctiválec o vzletovém výkonu 1 491,4 kW. Vrtule trojlisté protiběžné Curtiss Electric. | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-53 Double Wasp eighteen-cylinder air-cooled two-row radial rated at 2,000 hp for take-off, driving a three-bladed contra-rotating propellers. |
Objem palivových nádrží: Fuel Tank Capacity: | ? | ? |
Výkony: Performance: | ||
Maximální rychlost: Maximum Speed: | 666.3 km/h v 6203 m | 414 mph in 20350 ft |
Cestovní rychlost: Cruise Speed: | km/h v m | mph in ft |
Rychlost stoupání: Climb Rate: | 19.8 m/s | 3890 ft/min |
Čas výstupu na výšku: Time to Climb to: | 6,0 min do 9144 m | 6,0 min to 30000 ft |
Operační dostup: Service Ceiling: | 11552 m | 37900 ft |
Dolet: Range: | 507 km | 315 mi |
Maximální dolet: Maximum Range: | ? km | ? mi |
Výzbroj: Armament: | 4x pevný kulomet Colt-Browning M-53-M2 ráže 12,7 mm v křídlech s 300 náboji pro každý. | Four fixed forward-firing 0.5 inch Colt-Browning M-53-M2 machine-guns with 300 rpg mounted in the wings. |
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Poznámka: Note: | - | The XP-60C (Model 95C, Army serial number 42-79424) was originally to have had an airframe similar to that of the XP-60A and XP-60B, but fitted with the new and experimental 2,300 hp Chrysler XIV-2220 engine. Since this engine was experiencing development difficulties, an order was given in September 1942 to complete this aircraft with a 2,000-hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-53 engine driving a a pair of three-bladed contrarotating propellers. Armament was reduced to four 0.50-inch machine guns. First flight of the XP-60C was on January 27, 1943. Apart from somewhat high elevator and rudder forces, the aircraft's flight characteristics were generally satisfactory. During trials with the XP-60C at Patterson Field, it proved impossible to obtain full rated power. In addition, the experimental wing finish had peeled off from the leading edge of the wing, destroying the smooth laminar-flow characteristics and resulting in a further loss of speed. Consequently, the XP-60C made a very poor impression on the Army, being in fact inferior to the Republic P-47D and the North American P-51B. The P-60 series was henceforth eliminated from any further consideration for production. In June 1943 the Army contract for the P-60A-1-CU was reduced from 500 to just two aircraft. Following the return of the XP-60C to Curtiss-Wright, some further tests were undertaken, but a forced landing terminated all testing work with this aircraft. |
Zdroje: Sources: | Zbigniew Kolacha a Marek Ryś, Monografie Lotnicze 65, Curtiss P-40 cz.2, AJ-Press 2000, Gdaňsk 5, ISBN 83-7237-040-0 Peter M. Bowers, Curtiss Aircraft, 1907-1947, London, Putnam & Co. Ltd., 1979. ISBN 978-0-370-10029-6. William Green, War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Four: Fighters, London, MacDonald & Co. Publishers Ltd., 1961, Sixth impression 1969, ISBN 978-0-356-01448-7 Letectví a kosmonautika č. 24/1974, Václav Němeček, Letadla 39-45, Curtiss P-60. www.nationalmuseum.af.mil http://www.americancombatplanes.com/xp48_3.html http://www.airwar.ru/enc/fww2/p60a.html http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p60.html archiv autora |