Fighters1942 fighter aircraft prototype
Lockheed XP-49
The Lockheed XP-49 (company Model 522) was an advancement on the P-38 Lightning for a fighter in response to U.S. Army Air Corps proposal 39-775. Intended to use the new 24-cylinder Pratt & Whitney X-1800 engine, this proposal, which was for an aircraft substantially similar to the P-38, was assigned the designation XP-49, while the competing Grumman Model G-46 was awarded second place and designated XP-50.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Corporation
- Category
- Fighters
- Country of origin
- United States
- First flight
- 1942-11-14
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 353 kt
- Max speed
- 406 kt
- Range
- 590 nm
- Service ceiling
- 15,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 3,300 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 18,750 lb
- Empty weight
- 15,410 lb
- Powerplant
- 2 × Continental XI-1430-1 inverted V-12s
- Engines
- 2
- Seats
- 1
- Length
- 40.1 ft
- Wingspan
- 52 ft
- Height
- 9.8 ft
- Number built
- 1
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.