Curtiss P-6 Hawk

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Curtiss P-6 Hawk - version overview:


XP-6
Conversion P-2, racing machine with Curtiss V-1570-1 engine Conqueror deployed in the National Air Races 1927.


P-6
The first fighter variant, variant P-1 Hawk with Conqueror engine in the new bow and rounded hull. A total of 25 machines used in the US and the Dutch East Indies.


XP-6A
The second racing machine for the National Air Race 1927, fuselage from P-1A, wings of XPW-8A a motor Conqueror.


P-6A
The second fighter variant, P-6 with ethylene glycol engine cooling. 9 machines built.


XP-6B
Conversion from P-1C, a record aircraft with a Conqueror engine and auxiliary tanks in sides of the fuselage, designed for a record flight to New York-Alaska and back.


P-6C
Temporary designation of the main fighter version, changed to P-6E before completion.


P-6D
Conversion of 12 P-6/P-6A to turbocharged engines.


P-6E
The main fighter variant, redesigned bow and self-supporting chassis. 46 machines built.


XP-6F
XP-6E equipped with V-1570-55 engine with turbocharger and covered cabin.


XP-6G
P-6E temporarily equipped with V-1570-55 engine without turbocharger.


XP-6H
P-6E temporarily equipped with four machine guns in the wings.


P-6S
Export variant for Cuba, three machines with Pratt & amp; Whitney R-1340.


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P-11
Version intended as a backup, if the Conqueror is not successful, with the Curtiss H-1640 Chieftain engine. None unbuilt, instead two completed as P-6 and one as YP-20.


YP-20
P-11 completed with Wright R-1870-9 Cyclone engine. Later rebuilt into a prototype XP-6E.


XP-22
P-6A, on which the new bow and self-supporting chassis were tested.


Y1P-22
Serial variant XP-22. Ordered 46 machines, renamed P-6C and then P-6E before completion.


XP-23
P-6E with half-shell fuselage and Curtiss G1V-1570-C engine with turbocharger.


YP-23
XP-23 after removing the turbocharger.


Source:
Bowers, P. M. Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947, Putnam Aeronautical Books, London 1979. ISBN 0-370-10029-8.
Bowers, P. M. Curtiss Army Hawks, Aircraft in Profile No.45. Profile Publications, Leatherhead 1965.
United States Army and Air Force Fighters 1916-1961, Harleyford Publications, Letchworth 1961.
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Stíhací letouny Curtiss P-6 Hawk



Vyvrcholením původní, dvouplošné řady stíhaček Curtiss Hawk byly Curtissy P-6, vytvořené již v roce 1927 původně jako výkonné závodní konverze stíhacích strojů. Výsledkem nakonec byl jeden z ikonických stíhačů první poloviny 30. let.

Závodní počátky a XP-6A




XP-6 a první sériová varianta




Curtissy P-6 se staly také prvními Hawky kompletně stavěnými v zahraničí, konkrétně v Nizozemí - předchozí P-1 byly v Santiagu de Chile pravděpodobně pouze montovány z dovezených dílů. Více o nizozemských Hawcích se dočtete zde.

Curtiss P-6A Hawk




Curtiss XP-6B




Začátek druhé generace: Curtiss YP-20




Curtiss XP-22




Curtiss P-6E Hawk




Curtiss XP-6F Hawk




Curtiss P-6S Cuban Hawk




Poslední v řadě - XP-23 Hawk




Zdroje:
Bowers, P. M. Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947, Putnam Aeronautical Books, London 1979. ISBN 0-370-10029-8.
Bowers, P. M. Curtiss Army Hawks, Aircraft in Profile No.45. Profile Publications, Leatherhead 1965.
United States Army and Air Force Fighters 1916-1961, Harleyford Publications, Letchworth 1961.
Fahey, James C. U.S. Army Aircraft 1908-1946. Ships and Aircraft, Falls Church, 1964.
Bowers, P. M. Forgotten Fighters/2 and Experimental Aircraft U.S. Army 1918-1941, Arco Publishing Company, New York 1971. ISBN 0-66802-403-8.
Jones, LLoyd S. U.S. Fighters. Aero Publishers, Inc. Fallbrook 1975.
http://joebaugher.com/
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/
http://www.aerofiles.com/
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