Convair XP-81
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14 16 January, 05:39
Dave Burgess AuthorYeah. The Convair XP-81 and Republic XP-84 were proposed in the relatively short period in the late '40s, early '50s when jet engines were relatively under-powered and gas guzzlers. The idea was to use the turbo-prop to increase range for ingress and egress, and use the jet engine for combat when in the combat zone. While they were experimenting, engine technology improved, making them redundant.
16 January, 06:30
Dave Burgess AuthorSlowly working through my collection of Anigrand X-Planes kits. Next up: the Hughes D2 / XP-73 / XA-37 /XF-11; The plane nobody had a roll for!
1 16 January, 16:52
