P36/P40 landing gear, top speed and weight penalty

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I seem to remember reading the landing gear design of the P-36/40 was a Boeing design, and Curtiss-Wright had to pay a licensing fee to use it. Correct the strut is actually outside of the wing, I think this was done to clear a wing spar.
 

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