P-40 with caterpillar landing gear

[OldGeezer]

I was looking at a WW2 issue of Curtiss's "Fly Leaf" magazine and saw this photo. I've seen pix of the caterpillar landing gear test aircraft before, but I don't recall seeing this particular picture. Good view of some of the details in the gear, if anyone feels the urge to do a bit of offbeat modeling.

 

[GTX]

Interesting - what is the source?

 

[fubar57]

History of Aircraft Track Landing Gear

*(Extracted from historical study No. 135: Case History of Track Landing Gear) The design of landing gear is closely related to an aircraft’s mission. In the 1940’s it was thought that heavy

www.afmc.af.mil

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Wait, I thought the A-10 was the flying tank?!

 

[Dimlee]

Wait, I thought the A-10 was the flying tank?!

Do tanks brrrt?
Antonov's A-40 was the flying tank.

Antonov A-40 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Or was it the aircraft with oversized track landing gear and 20 mm armour...

 

[GrauGeist]

If all else fails, just drop the tank on the enemy...

By the way, the TB-3 also was equipped at one point, with tracked landing gear.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

And it too has a cafe! We're golden.

 

[OldGeezer]

Interesting - what is the source?

Curtiss "Fly Leaf" magazine