Curtiss P-60

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Curtiss P-60 version overview


Curtiss XP-60
it was an older Curtiss XP-53 powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin 28 engine and its licensed version Packard V-1610-1; exams from 16.09.1941

Curtiss XP-60A
Allison V-1710-75 engine with GE B-14 turbocharger, the original order for 1,950 aircraft was canceled because the aircraft had a poor power-to-weight ratio; exams from 10/1941

Curtiss XP-60B
again an Allison V-1710 engine with a Wright compressor, converted to an XP-60E




Curtiss XP-60C
the Chrysler XIV-2220 engine was originally planned, but it was not completed and so the Pratt & amp; Whitney R-2800-53 Double Wasp, which powered the counter-propellers

Curtiss XP-60E
built-in Pratt engine & amp; Whitney R-2800-10 Double Wasp with a four-bladed propeller. The order for 500 P-60A-1 aircraft was canceled and only one was completed (next version)

Curtiss XP-60D
was tested with a Packard V-1650-3 engine (Rolls-Royce Merlin 61) with a four-bladed propeller; prototype was destroyed May 6, 1943 in an accident.


Curtiss YP-60E
Pratt engine & amp; Whitney R-2800-18 Double Wasp with an output of 2,100 horses, with a teardrop-shaped cabin, tests began 07/1944 - performance worse than P- 47 Thunderbolt


The total number of manufactured and rebuilt was:
41-19508 Curtiss XP-53 --- & gt; XP-60 --- & gt; XP-60D - destroyed
42-79423 Curtiss XP-60A
42-79424 Curtiss XP-60C
42-79425 Curtiss XP-60B - & gt; XP-60E
43-32762 Curtiss YP-60A; 43-32763 - YP-60E
43-32789 to 43-33262 Curtiss P-60A-1-CU - order canceled 06/1943
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