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Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose

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This aircraft was designed as a prototype fighter designed literally to be strange, it was for the USAAC request for an unsual configuration the XP-54 won agianst the Curtiss XP-55 Ascender and the Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 46.9ft (14.3m)
  • Length 41.8ft (12.8m)
  • Height 11.6ft (3.5m)
  • Empty Weight 2,860lbs (1,297kg)
  • Loaded Weight 6,385lbs (2,896kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.156
  • Wing Loading 19.3lbs/ft2 (94.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 331.1ft2 (30.8m2)
  • Drag Points 2180

Parts

  • Number of Parts 40
  • Control Surfaces 10
  • Performance Cost 267