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| US Navy interest in the mixed-power concept for shipboard
fighters - aircraft employing a piston engine for
cruise and an auxiliary turbojet to provide supplementary power for take-off, climb and maximum speed -
which had resulted in orders for three prototypes of the
Ryan XFR-1 and 100 production FR-1s, was taken a
stage further on 7 April 1944 with the placing with Curtiss
of a contract for three prototypes of the appreciably
more powerful XF15C-1. This was to be powered by a
2,100hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34W 18-cylinder tworow
radial and a 1226kgp Allis-Chalmers
J36 (Halford H-1B) turbojet. Armament was to comprise
four wing-mounted 20mm cannon. The first XF15C-1
was flown on 27 February 1945, without the turbojet installed,
this being fitted by April, but the aircraft was
lost on 8 May when it crashed during a landing
approach. The second XF15C-1 flew on 9 July 1945, and
was joined soon after by the third, both subsequently
having their low-set horizontal tail surfaces replaced by
a T-tail arrangement. The flight test programme continued
until October 1946, by which time the US Navy
had lost interest in the mixed power arrangement and
cancelled further development.
 | A three-view drawing (1687 x 1143) |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 7543 kg | 16630 lb |
| Empty weight | 5737 kg | 12648 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 14.63 m | 48 ft 0 in |
| Length | 13.41 m | 44 ft 0 in |
| Height | 4.65 m | 15 ft 3 in |
| Wing area | 37.16 m2 | 399.99 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 695 km/h | 432 mph |
| Range | 2228 km | 1384 miles |
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| | Claude P Laflamme, e-mail, 11.11.2010 04:16 XF15C-1 #3 is currently at the Quonset Air Museum in Rhode Island. Brad, I'm currently restoring this aircraft. I'm a big guy and the cockpit has plenty of room for me. I will email you at the above address. My email listed above is wrong. Please email me @ Claude@Firehousemail.com and I will send you photos of the cockpit and any other request you have. reply |
| Brad Linscott, e-mail, 17.10.2010 19:29 My father, Austin B. Linscott, led a team to design the landing gear for this airplane. When I was 9 years old he took me into the Curtiss Wright Hanger, in Buffalo, and helped me up into the cockpit. At that age the cockpit appeared to be pretty roomy. reply | | Claude P. Laflamme, e-mail, 18.06.2010 01:14 I am currently restoring XF15C-1 #3 The plane is in very good condition. reply |
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The XF15C-1 #3 is now at the Hickory Aviation Museum in Hickory NC. Once our new museum is completed, it will have a home inside. The plan is to repaint her.
Thanks for your initial restoration.
She can be seen at:
www.hickoryaviationmuseum.org
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