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XP-55

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Totals
3600 Price
250 Survivability
3640 kgWeight
222.8 Damage
Speed
1392.4 Airspeed
630 km/hTop Speed at Sea Level
630 km/hTop Speed at Best Altitude
1500 mOptimum Altitude
750 km/hMaximum Dive Speed
121 m/sRate of Climb
160 km/hStall Speed
351.5 km/hOptimum Airspeed
Mobility
86.1 Controllability
8.6 sAverage Time to Turn 360 deg
120 °/sRate of Roll
1468.2 Maneuverability
XP-55
VI
Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender
3600
Designed as a promising interceptor fighter with a canard configuration. The first prototype took to the air in July 1943. The tests dragged on until December 1944 when the project was recognized as having no prospects.

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Historical Info

The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (company designation CW-24) is a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft built by Curtiss-Wright. Along with the Vultee XP-54 and Northrop XP-56, it resulted from United States Army Air Corps proposal R-40C issued on 27 November 1939 for aircraft with improved performance, armament, and pilot visibility over existing fighters; it specifically allowed for unconventional aircraft designs. A highly unusual design for its time, it had a canard configuration, a rear-mounted engine, swept wings, and two vertical tails. Because of its pusher design, it was sarcastically referred to as the "Ass-ender". Like the XP-54, the Ascender was initially designed for the Pratt & Whitney X-1800 engine and had to be redesigned when that engine project was canceled. It was also the first Curtiss fighter aircraft to use tricycle landing gear.


Historical Gallery


USA
Fighters IICurtiss P-23 • IICurtiss XP-31 • IIIBrewster F2A-1 Buffalo • IIICurtiss Hawk 75M • IIIBoeing YP-29 • IVSeversky 2PA • IVCurtiss Model 81A-1 • IVCurtiss P-36 Hawk • IVCurtiss P-36C Hawk • IVGrumman XF4F-3 • IVCurtiss XP-36F Hawk • VBell XFL-1 Airabonita • VCurtiss P-40 Warhawk • VBell XP-77 • VChance-Vought XF4U-1 • VIBell P-39N-1 Airacobra • VINorth American P-51A Mustang • VICurtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender • VIINorth American P-51D Mustang • VIIICurtiss XF15C • VIIINorth American P-51H Mustang • VIIIP-80A Shooting Star • IXVought F6U Pirate • IXNorth American FJ-1 Fury • IXMcDonnell XF-85 Goblin • XNorth American F-86A Sabre
Heavy Fighters VGrumman F5F Skyrocket • VP-38F Lightning • VIP-38J Lightning • VIGrumman XP-50 • VIVultee XP-54 Swoose Goose • VIIGrumman F7F Tigercat • VIIFisher XP-75 Eagle • VIIINorth American F-82E Twin Mustang • VIIIChance-Vought XF5U Pancake • VIIINorth American P-82B Twin Mustang • VIIIXP-58 Chain Lightning • IXMcDonnell F2H Banshee • XXF-90
Attack Aircraft
Fighters
USA IICurtiss P-23 • IICurtiss XP-31 • IIIBrewster F2A-1 Buffalo • IIICurtiss Hawk 75M • IIIBoeing YP-29 • IVSeversky 2PA • IVCurtiss Model 81A-1 • IVCurtiss P-36 Hawk • IVCurtiss P-36C Hawk • IVGrumman XF4F-3 • IVCurtiss XP-36F Hawk • VBell XFL-1 Airabonita • VCurtiss P-40 Warhawk • VBell XP-77 • VChance-Vought XF4U-1 • VIBell P-39N-1 Airacobra • VINorth American P-51A Mustang • VICurtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender • VIINorth American P-51D Mustang • VIIICurtiss XF15C • VIIINorth American P-51H Mustang • VIIIP-80A Shooting Star • IXVought F6U Pirate • IXNorth American FJ-1 Fury • IXMcDonnell XF-85 Goblin • XNorth American F-86A Sabre
UK
Germany
USSR
China
Japan
Premium Planes
USA IICurtiss F11C-2 • IICurtiss XP-31 • IIIBrewster F2A-1 Buffalo • IIIBoeing YP-29 • IVSeversky 2PA • IVCurtiss Model 81A-1 • IVCurtiss P-36C Hawk • IVGrumman XF4F-3 • IVCurtiss XP-36F Hawk • VGrumman F5F Skyrocket • VBell XFL-1 Airabonita • VBell XP-77 • VChance-Vought XF4U-1 • VIDouglas A-26B Invader • VIBell P-39N-1 Airacobra • VIGrumman XP-50 • VIVultee XP-54 Swoose Goose • VICurtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender • VIIFisher XP-75 Eagle • VIIIBoeing B-29 Superfortress • VIIIBoeing B-29C Superfortress • VIIICurtiss XF15C • VIIINorth American F-82E Twin Mustang • VIIIP-80A Shooting Star • VIIINorth American P-82B Twin Mustang • VIIIXP-58 Chain Lightning • IXMcDonnell XF-85 Goblin
UK IIIBristol Blenheim Mk.IV (early mod.) • IIIHawker P.V.3 • IIISupermarine Type 224 • IIICAC CA-1 Wirraway • IVFairey Fantome • IVHawker Hurricane Mk. Ia • VBristol Beaufighter V • VCAC CA-12 Boomerang • VHawker Hurricane IID • VMiles M.20 • VSupermarine Spitfire Mk Ia • VVickers Venom • VINorth American Mustang Mk.I • VINorth American Mustang IA • VISupermarine Spitfire Vb IM • VISupermarine Spitfire Vb • VIIGloster Meteor F. I • VIIISupermarine Seafang F.32 • VIIIDe Havilland DH.100 Vampire F.1
Germany IIArado Ar 67 • IIFieseler Fi 98 • IIFocke-Wulf Fw 56 Stosser • IIHenschel Hs 123 • IIIDornier Do 17 Z-7 Kauz • IIIBlohm und Voss Ha 137 • IIIBlohm und Voss Ha 137 V1 • IIIJunkers Ju 52 • IVArado Ar 197 • IVMesserschmitt Bf 110 C-6 • IVHeinkel He 111 H-2 • IVHenschel Hs 129 А • VMesserschmitt Bf 109 E-3 • VMesserschmitt Me 209 V4 • VHeinkel He 100 D-1 • VMesserschmitt Me 210 • VISupermarine Spitfire V DB 605 • VIIFocke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8/R2 • VIIIMesserschmitt Me 109 TL • VIIIBlohm und Voss BV P.203 • VIIIDornier Do 335 A-1 Pfeil • VIIIHorten Ho 229
USSR ITomashevich LShBD • IIPolikarpov I-5 ShKAS • IITsKB I-7 • IITomashevich Pegasus • IIIKochyerigin BSh-1 • IIIKochyerigin-Yatsenko DI-6i • IIIPolikarpov I-15bis DM-2 • IIIPolikarpov TsKB-12bis • IVPolikarpov I-153 DM-4 • IVPolikarpov I-153P DM-4 • IVPolikarpov I-16 Type 29 • IVBorovkov-Florov I-207/4 • IVLavochkin LaGG-3 series 4 • IVKochyerigin Sh (LBSh) • VPolikarpov I-180-3 • VIlyushin I-21 (TsKB-32) • VIL-2 with rear gunner • VLavochkin LaGG-3 series 34 • VCurtiss P-40 M-105 • VYakovlev Yak-7 M-82 • VIIlyushin IL-1 • VIBell P-39Q-15 Airacobra • VIIKostikov 302 • VIILavochkin La-9RD • VIITupolev Tu-1 • VIIYakovlev Yak-3RD • VIIYakovlev Yak-3T • VIIIMikoyan-Gurevich I-260 • VIIILavochkin La-11 • VIIIMyasishchev RB-17
China IICurtiss Hawk II • IICurtiss Hawk III • IIIBreda Ba.27 Metallico • IVNakajima Ki-43-Ic • VCurtiss Tomahawk IIb • VIDe Havilland 98 Mosquito FB 26 • VIINorth American P-51K Mustang • VIIIIlyushin IL-10M • VIIIShenyang JL-1A-37
Japan IIKawasaki Ki-5 • IINakajima Ki-8 • IIIMitsubishi Ki-18 • IIIMitsubishi Ki-33 • VMitsubishi A6M3 (experimental) • VIKawasaki Ki-88 • VIIMitsubishi J4M Senden • VIITachikawa Ki-94-I • VIIIMitsubishi J8M Shusui
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