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Ju187 concept model, circa 1941.
Aircraft Mock-Ups
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buffnut453
Captain
Recently visited the Seattle Museum of Flight Reserve Collection and Restoration Center in Everett, WA. I posted these pics on another thread but thought those who frequent this thread might be interested in them. They show the forward fuselage mock-up for the Boeing 2707 supersonic airliner:
Good shots!
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Very cool!
fubar57
General
Agreed
N4521U
Colonel
It just surprises me they hang around so long.
Paying for the space to store must cost a fortune.....
Paying for the space to store must cost a fortune.....
No wonder it didn't get very far as a concept, in the last of Mark's pictures, the choice of powerplant is open to question!
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
xb-70 mockup
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
IMHO, the most beautiful of all aircraft.
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
XF10F Jaguar mockup U.S. Navy Aircraft History: 2009
Good stuff!
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Grumman should have stopped there! LOL
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
N4521U
Colonel
Oi
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
Good shots!
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
Curtiss XP-62 mock-up PDF.js viewer
The last gasp for Curtiss propeller-driven Army fighters was the XP-62,
built in response to an Army request in mid-1941 for a heavily armed,
high-altitude interceptor. Curtiss proposed building the XP-62, or Hawk 91,
with a 2,300hp, turbocharged Wright R-3350-17 Double Cyclone radial
engine driving contra-rotating propellers, packing eight 20mm cannons and
featuring a pressurized cockpit.
The Army asked for various changes in the Curtiss proposal, including
a reduction to four cannons, but issued an order for 100 P-62s in May 1942.
Curtiss was already deeply involved in developing the P-60 at this time, and
adding another aircraft for the design staff clearly caused both projects
to suffer. Delays in the delivery of the cabin pressure system and necessary
modifications to the R-3350-17 engine delayed the first flight until
July 21, 1943. Again, Curtiss delivered too little too late. By that time, the need
for an interceptor had passed, and the Army needed all the R-3350 engines
it could get for a more promising project, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
The order for P-62s was canceled. A similar project for the US Navy, the
XF14C, also failed to win a production contract.
Curtiss responded to a 1941
Army specification for
a heavily armed, high-altitude
interceptor with the XP-62,
seen here in mockup form.
By the time Curtiss produced
a flying prototype in 1943,
the need for such a plane
had waned and current types
were fully capable of fulfilling
the intended role. Again,
no production orders were
forthcoming. (Glenn H. Curtiss
Museum, Hammondsport, NY)
The last gasp for Curtiss propeller-driven Army fighters was the XP-62,
built in response to an Army request in mid-1941 for a heavily armed,
high-altitude interceptor. Curtiss proposed building the XP-62, or Hawk 91,
with a 2,300hp, turbocharged Wright R-3350-17 Double Cyclone radial
engine driving contra-rotating propellers, packing eight 20mm cannons and
featuring a pressurized cockpit.
The Army asked for various changes in the Curtiss proposal, including
a reduction to four cannons, but issued an order for 100 P-62s in May 1942.
Curtiss was already deeply involved in developing the P-60 at this time, and
adding another aircraft for the design staff clearly caused both projects
to suffer. Delays in the delivery of the cabin pressure system and necessary
modifications to the R-3350-17 engine delayed the first flight until
July 21, 1943. Again, Curtiss delivered too little too late. By that time, the need
for an interceptor had passed, and the Army needed all the R-3350 engines
it could get for a more promising project, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
The order for P-62s was canceled. A similar project for the US Navy, the
XF14C, also failed to win a production contract.
Curtiss responded to a 1941
Army specification for
a heavily armed, high-altitude
interceptor with the XP-62,
seen here in mockup form.
By the time Curtiss produced
a flying prototype in 1943,
the need for such a plane
had waned and current types
were fully capable of fulfilling
the intended role. Again,
no production orders were
forthcoming. (Glenn H. Curtiss
Museum, Hammondsport, NY)
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johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
fubar57
General
Lordy, that's huge for a mock-up
