Hey y'all! I'm back once again with the Curtiss XF15C-1, an unknown and underrated aircraft. Shortly before the end of the second world war, the USN wanted a carrier aircraft that had a jet and a propeller engine to allow for higher speeds and greater performance in the field. The two main competitors were this aircraft and the Ryan FR-1 (which I will make at a later date). Of course, historically the FR-1 won the competition, and the XF15C wasn't even produced much before the end. Only 3 were built for experimental purposes and then it was scrapped, except for one remaining that is in Hickory North Carolina. Although, this aircraft was canceled before it went anywhere, and almost no one knows it, and so I have built it for the Never Built Challenge. So, here is the description of this beauty.

I made this aircraft previously (CLICK ME), as did mon ami, PapaKernels (CLICK ME). Keeping with tradition, I am doing the same screenshot with this, for the memes. Besides PK's and I's, there is only one other on this site as far as I remember, and arguably, this is by far the best one.

Introduction

In 1944, the United States Navy ordered requirements for an aircraft powered with the speed of jets, and reliability of propeller-driven aircraft. 3 of these aircraft were ordered to be built for experimental test purposes, but one was scrapped, one crashed, and one survives as a relic in a museum. In theory, it was supposed to be able to exceed 500 miles per hour, the fastest naval aircraft to that point, but in reality it struggled to outpace most fighters of the time, such as the Corsair. The jet was bulky and unreliable, being an Allis-Chalmers J36 turbojet. The radial engine, on the other hand, was a beauty of the time, being a PW Double Wasp, a well-liked engine by naval aviators.

It was given four 20mm autocannons and was allegedly going to be capable of carrying bombs or other weapons, but I omitted them as I tried making this look like the experimental one.

Photos

The first model that crashed because the low horizontal stabilizer caused it to down pitch


Blueprint I used

Controls

• Normal Flight Controls
• AG 3 is for Arresting Hook
• AG 6 is for the Wing Mechanism
• VTOL Down for Flaps (I suggest not using them...)

Anyways, as always, huge thanks to PapaKernels for flight test help, feedback, and digging into my laziness. I hope y'all enjoy! Next up is a fighter jet for the fighter mafia...